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> >> I'd like to do simple failover (optionnaly > >>load-balancing) with 2 web servers in my DMZ behing m0n0wall. > >> Is there a way m0n0 can help me with that? I looked at > pen, VRRPD, > >>heartbeat, but I though I'd make sure my current equipement > can't help > >>me. > The fact is that I want to have no single point of failure. Is there a particularly compelling reason to have the webservers behind a single m0n0wall? I'm thinking that with 2 WAN connections and 2 m0n0wall boxes you'd have 2 public IPs. You could then route those through to your webservers on your network and use one of the many DNS services out there to load balance between them. It won't be perfect since once a DNS query by a client has been cached there'll be a TTL on it, but if you set your DNS with a short TTL, you should at least minimize downtime as much as possible. I don't know if it's just the nature of bandwidth distribution in the UK (our ADSL lines have pathetic upstream pipes), but given that you can get good quality hosting in a dedicated datacentre for sub-$50/month, I nearly always recommend clients don't run their own webservers from their premises unless there's a very compelling reason to do so. Regards, Chris -- C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited Tel: (07010) 710715 Mobile: (07811) 332969 Skype: minotaur-uk ICQ: 13350579 AIM: MinotaurUK MSN: msn at minotaur dot cc Y!: Minotaur_Chris This email is made from 100% recycled electrons |