Software load balancer or vm appliance?

[beckhamk]

I am looking for suggestions on good software based load balancers or virtual appliances (low cost).

Thanks in advance!

[Texiwill]

Hello,

You could use the Linux Virtual Server (LVS) Project, Microsoft NLB (not sure on cost), or similar tools. The 'F5' for example is not virtual and does not have a virtual version. So you are looking at other tools to achieve the same thing. If this is for web servers you can also look at Squid, etc.

Best regards,
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[AndreTheGiant]

As written before Linux Virtual Server (http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/) could be a good and cheap solution.

Maybe there is already a virtual appliance ready to run.

Andre