[nzlug] FTP Reverse Proxy

[Shane]

On Saturday 30 September 2006 19:22, Daniel Faulknor wrote:
> Isn't what i'm trying to do different?
> Doesn't load balancing mean that the requests are forwarded to different
> servers, one after the other, instead of specifically going to one server?
> or did i misread something?
>
> Daniel

Sort of
Load balancing means you control which server gets the load put on it
Round Robin Load balancing is what you have described, but Load balancing can 
mean requests to http://localhost/mail are sent to a differnet machine than 
http://localhost/images

http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/mini-HOWTO/LVS-mini-HOWTO.html#what
answers some of your questions
And seems to give a final answer on the ftp issue

"Multiport services (eg ftp for LVS-NAT) are also handled as a special case. 
Other multiport protocols (e.g. passive ftp, http/https for e-commerce sites) 
are handled by LVS persistance or more recently by fwmark in the HOWTO."

Active Ftp seems not to be supported (which is a PITA)