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Shell Scripts..Can one be written to load balance a network?

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by rebelweems

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I was wondering if it would be efficient to write a Shell Script to act as a load balancing redundant safety feature. For example if Server A failed due to equipment failure, Server B and C would balance the load and give the Admin time to resolve the Server issue at his leisure, not ruining a weekend with the family.
If the company were running Windows Server 2003 would its Network Load Balancing (NLB) do the same thing making the Shell Script obsolete?

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by jmgarvin

Although I wouldn't call this load balancing, this is fail over.

Is that what you want to fail over when the server dies? If you want load balancing, that's a WHOLE different animal.

Anyway, you might want to post this in questions.

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