LVS vs HA Proxy

[Malcolm]

howard chen wrote:
>> From the HA Proxy page:
>
> It said:
>
> Linux Virtual Servers (LVS)
> Very fast layer 3/4 load balancing merged in Linux 2.4 and 2.6
> kernels. Should be coupled with Keepalived to monitor servers. This
> generally is the solution embedded by default in most IP-based load
> balancers.
>
>
> This does not tell anything abt performance, or stability, anyone want
> to comments abt this?

Sure, LVS is a router (blazingly fast), Ha Proxy is a tcp proxy (fast) 
but flexible enough to do cookie insertion and SNAT etc.