From: Dan (dp595@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 19:27:05 GMT-3
Although some might argue that it is redundant (sometimes redundancy is good
:-)) I always like to specify equal or unequal so as not to create
confusion.
Dan Pontrelli
Customer Installation Engineer - Verio NYC
CCNP, MCSE, CNA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael E. Flannagan" <mflannag@cisco.com>
To: "Chuck Larrieu" <chuck@cl.cncdsl.com>
Cc: "Yurchenko, Michael" <michael.yurchenko@verizon.com>; "'Tariq Sharif'"
<tariq_sharif@btinternet.com>; "Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: To Load Share or to Load Balance?
> EIGRP, using variance, over a 56k and a T1 would be (in my mind) load
> sharing. Over two T1s would be load balancing.
>
> Just my $.02
>
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>
>
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Chuck Larrieu wrote:
>
> > 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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