[139546] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Alternatives to GSLB ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Blaum)
Mon Apr 11 19:34:33 2011
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimSQVyaSBp5pFXTav7VJtnf_BS3zg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:34:27 -0700
From: Jeff Blaum <jblaum02@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Just wanted to thank everyone who replied to my question on the list and
off-list.
Cheers,
Jeff
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Paul W. Roach III <paul@isaroach.com>wrote:
> The downside of anycast for TCP services require state to be replicated in
> realtime across all app servers to prevent crappy user experience in the
> case where I switch servers mid-transaction.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Jack Carrozzo <jack@crepinc.com> wrote:
>
>> Anycast works.
>>
>> [...] we are looking for ideas on
>> > how to 1) ensure clients are routed to the closest geographical server
>> 2)
>> > ensure the client hits the server(s) with the shortest path.
>> >
>>
>> No need to deal with that yourself when BGP eats that problem for
>> breakfast
>> lunch and dinner.
>>
>> -Jack Carrozzo
>>
>
>
