Apache server configurations for high availability, load balancing

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Apache server configurations for high availability, load balancing

minorwm_tw26672718 13 weeks ago

Are people using Rsync, NFS mounts, S3? What has worked best for you and why does it meet your needs?

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Topic: Data Center

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lmile61 23 weeks ago

In front of the Apache cluster we create a load balancer that splits up incoming requests between the two Apache nodes. Because we do not want the load balancer to become another "Single Point Of Failure", we must provide high-availability for the load balancer, too.

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jimlynch 1 year ago

Here's an interesting discussion that might cover some of what you're interested in:

http://groups.drupal.org/node/1648

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mstrauss 1 year ago

Here's a solution for S3 that avoids Rsync and works for some people:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3169881/how-to-rsync-to-all-amazon-ec2-servers

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