[OpenIndiana-discuss] HA or keepalived in OI / solaris

James Carlson carlsonj at workingcode.com
Mon Jan 28 15:30:49 UTC 2013


On 01/28/13 09:11, Ram Chander wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want a floating IP that can switch between two servers for HA. Since
> keepalived is only for linux, is there anyother alternative in OI   ?

The VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) and ILB (integrated load
balancer) features should be able to do this.  See this for a possible
starting point:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1453/gkkky.html

I have personal reservations against using VRRP in this manner, but
there are obviously quite a few who disagree.

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James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>



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