active/active question....

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Kristoffer Egefelt wrote:

> Active/active setup on lvs as I see it requires:
>
> Support for shared mac address.
> Support for fake outgoing mac address.
> Logic that ensures equal amount of connections to each director.

I've forgotten how saru works, so I can't say yes or no 
here.

> The above is only supported by saru, but saru is not 
> "production-ready"

correct

> Even in a active/standby setup in a switched environment, 
> a shared mac address would be needed as routers and 
> switches arp caches sometimes take serveral hours before 
> refreshing.

don't know how saru handles it. I do remember a lot of 
fiddling with MAC addresses

Joe
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