load-balancing

[Sven 'Darkman' Michels]

Hi,

or use Linux IPVS which has a DR Mode.

Regards,
Sven

Am 24.07.2011 03:35, schrieb Payam Chychi:
> what you are looking for is a LB with DSR mode (direct server return)
> this is done by manipulating the mac add header ... you could hack something up
> yourself or purchase an appliance from known vendors that support dsr mode
> (brocade/a10 being 2 of many...)
> 
> -Payam
> 
> On 11-07-23 02:56 PM, Maxim Dounin wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:35:05AM -0400, andrejvanderzee wrote:
>>
>>> I have a question about nginx configured as a load-balancer. Usually,
>>> when HTTP requests are balanced to a back-end server, the HTTP reply is
>>> sent back to the client through the load-balancer. Is this also the case
>>> for nginx,
>> Yes.
>>
>>> or is it also possible to configure nginx that the backend
>>> server will directly respond to the client? I wonder...
>> No.
>>
>> Maxim Dounin
>>
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