[K12OSN] Need suggestions for poor man's load balancing....

[Rob Owens]

I believe the chooser can be set up in gdm.conf.  They
do call it "chooser", so just search the file for
"chooser" -- also search for "ChooserButton"

-Rob

--- David Trask <dtrask at vcsvikings.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here's my scenario...I have a big K12LTSP server, a
> Samba/LDAP server, and
> a seperate DHCP server on my school network.  I have
> it set up so that
> everything is on the same subnet....no private
> network for the LTSP stuff.
>  The DHCP server is a Fedora box that simply does
> nothing else except
> DHCP....I use the "next-server" option to pass the
> boot info to the
> terminals.  Works great.  I have just bought another
> K12LTSP server....had
> the $$$...planning for the future and want to spread
> the load a little.  I
> read
>
http://republico.estv.ipv.pt/~nmct/ltsp/ha/ltsp-ha-howto-en-gpl.html
> 
> and while it's intriguing....I think I have to give
> up too much at this
> point to make it work.  One of which is no static
> addresses in DHCP....I
> need my static "reserved" addresses.  Since I'm
> using Samba/LDAP...syncing
> users and so forth is not an issue....what I want is
> to possibly set up
> DHCP to fill up one server and once that's done...go
> to the next one....or
> possibly a "chooser" (think I saw one once) to allow
> the user to choose
> the server they want to access....or possibly
> hard-coding machines into
> one server or the other?  I'm open to
> suggestions....I'm hoping to tackle
> this by the end of the week....fire away with your
> ideas!
> 
> also...could it be possible to do something similar
> to what's being done
> in
>
http://republico.estv.ipv.pt/~nmct/ltsp/ha/ltsp-ha-howto-en-gpl.html
> 
> yet still use a seperate DHCP server?
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcsvikings.org
> (207)923-3100
> 
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