Content Switches 1

[dayhawk]

What companies out there have good content switches? To be more specific, I am looking for a device that allows incoming connections to point at 1 IP address, but that data actually gets load balanced across multiple servers based on the server load at the time and also provides failover to the servers that are still up should any of the servers fail. Any input/ideas would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[lui3]

Cisco makes a great product that will do exactly what you are looking for. Its called the Local Director. Its a router/switch specifically designed for your type of application.


here is a link

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps1894/products_data_sheet09186a0080091e08.html

 

[NetEng631]

Not sure but foundary had a good switch called a Server Iron that did layer 4 switching.