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  From: Adam W <woja@optushome.com.au>
  To  : Tyson Lloyd Thwaites <tysonlt@webmedia.com.au>
        Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:57:06 -0800

RE: Linux Web Farms

> Hi Linux legends,
>
> My company is thinking about moving from NT to Linux for it's web serving
> needs. I am looking for any information on setting up web farms
> using Linux.

Good Idea.

>
> I have found a number of projects that claim to do the job, but I am not
> really sure which is the best way to go...it's all a bit confusing!

its called APACHE - 80% of the worlds web servers are run on this

www.apache.org - documentation is available there.

>
> Has anyone had any experiences in setting up high-availability
> load-balancing
> etc etc web servers? (I should add that they will be serving dynamic
> content.)
>
> This could save us from NT, so thanks heaps for any help.

I'd suggest, if you havent had prior experience with linux, you wait a while
before making this change.

AW.

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