[lvs-users] no VIP up on real server? was: Re: arp problem with 2.6.X red hat kernels?

[ipvs user]

But Dan are you planning to use this for a high performance set up like last time?
If so, I think there have been some people here who noticed some major 
performance hits when using iptables. Just FYI...

Dan Yocum wrote:
>> With LVS-DR, if you have an iptables rule such as 'iptables -t nat -A
>> PREROUTING -d VIP -p tcp --dport PORT -j REDIRECT' you would not need to have
>> the VIP configured on the real servers.
> 
> Cool.  This is what I have on the real servers, and by all indications 
> (e.g., watching tcpdump) it's working as expected.  I hope something 
> isn't going to pop up and bite me in the butt by doing this (usually the 
> Networking Group here at Fermi ;-).
>
> Since everything is working right now, I think I'm going to declare 
> victory and move on.
> 
> Thanks for the reminders,
> Dan