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Posted by: weierophinney on June 09, 2005 09:25 PM
Just a note: at some point in the 2.6.x kernel series (<= 2.6.9), an issue was introduced either in the ipvs patches or elsewhere in the kernel tree that causes ipvs to fail under load. We experienced the issue roughly every 36 hours, and symptoms included complete shutdown of the network interfaces at the kernel level (requiring direct terminal access to the machine to reboot).

Until the issue is resolved, your best bet is to continue using a 2.4.x series kernel with the ipvs patches -- that series is rock solid.

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