From: Yurchenko, Michael (michael.yurchenko@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 17:36:20 GMT-3
While they are used interchangeable throughout the internetworking
community, it does not mean that it is proper to do so :) I think doyle's
book has a reference to the topic, I'll look it up when I get home. But if
you and your wife are carrying 50 lbs of apples each, that'd be load
balancing. If you decided to be a gentleman and let her carry 90 lbs, it
would be unequal cost load sharing.
Michael Yurchenko
CCIE# 6695, CCDP, CCNP ATM Specialist, MCSE
Customer Support Engineer - 2
michael.yurchenko@verizon.com
610-407-2154
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:chuck@cl.cncdsl.com]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:26 PM
To: Yurchenko, Michael; 'Tariq Sharif'; Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com
Subject: RE: To Load Share or to Load Balance?
Ah ah Mike, you don't escape so easily.... ;->
Are you using the approach that load sharing = sending packets out a number
of interfaces, or a number of routers ( "paths" ) in any ratio, as opposed
to "load balancing" = sending an equal number of packets out each available
path / interface / router?
Or visa versa?
If I have 100 lbs. of apples to carry to the local farmer's market, and I
give 10 lbs. to my wife to carry, is that load balancing or load sharing?
In general, my experience is that these terms are used interchangeably by a
lot of folks. One must delve a bit deeper to determine what the real
question is and what the real problem to be solved is, as opposed to the
speaker's perception of these things.
Chuck
Words I dread hearing from a customer: I want to dual home with two ISP's,
and load balance across the internet"
Shoot me now and put me out of my misery.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Yurchenko, Michael
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:59 AM
To: 'Tariq Sharif'; Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com
Subject: RE: To Load Share or to Load Balance?
Load balancing is a subset of load sharing, where the shares of the load are
equal.
Michael Yurchenko
CCIE# 6695, CCDP, CCNP ATM Specialist, MCSE
Customer Support Engineer - 2
michael.yurchenko@verizon.com
610-407-2154
-----Original Message-----
From: Tariq Sharif [mailto:tariq_sharif@btinternet.com]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 2:00 PM
To: Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com
Subject: To Load Share or to Load Balance?
Anyone enlighten me with the differences between these pls?
any reference material will be appreciated.
Many thanks & regards.
Tariq Sharif
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