Linux Director Minimum Requirements

Hello,

I'm planning on building a LVS system with one Linux Director and two
Real Servers.

What are the minimum requirements for the Linux Director server when
using LVS Direct Routing?

Would this servers spec be enough?

Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz
256 MB DDR
160 GB IDE / SATA2
1 Mbps

Thanks!

> I'm planning on building a LVS system with one Linux Director and two
> Real Servers.
>
> What are the minimum requirements for the Linux Director server when
> using LVS Direct Routing?

The LVS documentation has some very good info, you could start there...

> Would this servers spec be enough?
>
> Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz
> 256 MB DDR
> 160 GB IDE / SATA2
> 1 Mbps

It would enough in the sense that a nuclear warhead is enough to kill a
few people. You can saturate a 100 mbps link in NAT mode (which is vastly
more taxing than DR mode) with less hardware than that.

steve

Hi Steve,

If the hardware is not a problem will the 1Mbps outgoing connection be
enough?

Thanks!


Steve Wolfe ha escrit:
> > I'm planning on building a LVS system with one Linux Director and two
> > Real Servers.
> >
> > What are the minimum requirements for the Linux Director server when
> > using LVS Direct Routing?
>
> The LVS documentation has some very good info, you could start there...
>
> > Would this servers spec be enough?
> >
> > Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz
> > 256 MB DDR
> > 160 GB IDE / SATA2
> > 1 Mbps
>
> It would enough in the sense that a nuclear warhead is enough to kill a
> few people. You can saturate a 100 mbps link in NAT mode (which is vastly
> more taxing than DR mode) with less hardware than that.
>
> steve

Hello Steve,

So the 1 Mbps connection wouldn't be a problem either?

Thanks

Steve Wolfe ha escrit:
> > I'm planning on building a LVS system with one Linux Director and two
> > Real Servers.
> >
> > What are the minimum requirements for the Linux Director server when
> > using LVS Direct Routing?
>
> The LVS documentation has some very good info, you could start there...
>
> > Would this servers spec be enough?
> >
> > Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz
> > 256 MB DDR
> > 160 GB IDE / SATA2
> > 1 Mbps
>
> It would enough in the sense that a nuclear warhead is enough to kill a
> few people. You can saturate a 100 mbps link in NAT mode (which is vastly
> more taxing than DR mode) with less hardware than that.
>
> steve

> If the hardware is not a problem will the 1Mbps outgoing connection be
> enough?

Enough for what? You haven't told us what the servers will be doing, so I
can't say. Look at what you're serving out, and how much you want to serve.
Unless what you're serving is VERY computationally-intensive, I would think
that you could fill a 1-megabit link loooong before you needed multiple
servers for performance. (Redundancy is another matter.)

steve

On 15 abr, 23:29, "Steve Wolfe" <h...@codon.com> wrote:
> > If the hardware is not a problem will the 1Mbps outgoing connection be
> > enough?
>
> Enough for what? You haven't told us what the servers will be doing, so I
> can't say. Look at what you're serving out, and how much you want to serve.
> Unless what you're serving is VERY computationally-intensive, I would think
> that you could fill a 1-megabit link loooong before you needed multiple
> servers for performance. (Redundancy is another matter.)
>
> steve

Hello Steve,

I need multiple servers since I use mencoder to convert movies and it
takes up many CPU use. Using LVS Direct Routing would move all network
activity to the real servers? So the 1 Mbps would be enough?

> Hello Steve,
>
> I need multiple servers since I use mencoder to convert movies and it
> takes up many CPU use. Using LVS Direct Routing would move all network
> activity to the real servers? So the 1 Mbps would be enough?

Again, enough *for what*? What do you need to transfer over that 1
megabit? Are you going to run a few SSH sessions, provide web access to
something, or are you looking to transfer video over it? How many people
will be hitting it simultaneously?

I can't tell you if 1 megabit will be enough if I don't know what you want
to accomplish...

steve