[[nsp] Server Load Balancing Options]

[Joshua Smith]

Jason Greenberg <jg at execulink.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, would someone please validate this list, and or recommend less
> alternatives?  I would appreciate it a lot!
> 

unless i am missing a vital piece of your question....i have used 
local directors with pretty good results in front of high-traffic web
and mail servers - i have heard good things about alteons and f5's

f5 big-ip (ebay <= 2500)
alteon (ebay <= 3000)
cisco css/arrowpoint (ebay 2000-30000)
serveriron ( ebay <= 3000)
local director (ebay <= 2500)

> Our requirements: 
> 	1) Server Load Balancing (IP address translation) LAYER 3 ONLY
> 	2) Server availability monitoring (ping?)
> 	3) Redundant Switch Capability (SLB HSRP?)
> 	4) medium load - DNS, LDAP, mail, radius, etc..
> 
> As far as I can tell, my options are
> 
> 1) 6500 SLB CSM - 40-100 grand ?? what modules are needed here?
> 2) 6500 cat/native OS SLB ??? what modules are needed here?
> 3) 4840G - 30 grand
> 4) 7200 Router IOS SLB <- 10 grand
> 5) IOS NAT on a 3640?? <- no high availability here, but cheap...
> 
> Here is my question - is there anything that is not so bloody expensive
> that will do medium load SLB for an ISP?
> 
> -- 
> Jason Greenberg, CCIE #11021
> Network Administrator
> Execulink, Inc.
> <jg at execulink.com>
> 
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