Pound Load Balancer Slows My Site Down

bluethundr · 04-30-2009, 06:59 AM

guys,

My site was setup under a Verizon FiOS static IP. It absolutely FLEW when it first launched.

Then I was asked to setup a second web server and load balance the two. Someone recommended using pound for this, and I got it setup rather easily.

But the problem is now the site is incredibly slow to load! Once it loads the site clicks through rapidly. But the initial load times are terrible.

If I take pound out of the equation and point the firewall to one of the web servers instead of the pound load balancer it speeds right back up. Change again back to pound and it slows right down.

Suggestions?

Here is my config file:

Code:

## Minimal sample pound.cfg
##
## see pound(8) for details


######################################################################
## global options:

User            "www-data"
Group           "www-data"
#RootJail       "/chroot/pound"

## Logging: (goes to syslog by default)
##      0       no logging
##      1       normal
##      2       extended
##      3       Apache-style (common log format)
LogLevel        1

## check backend every X secs:
Alive           2

## use hardware-accelleration card supported by openssl(1):


######################################################################
## listen, redirect and ... to:

## redirect all requests on port 80 ("ListenHTTP") to the virtual IP address:
ListenHTTP
        Address 192.168.1.8
        Port    8080
End

Service

        BackEnd
                Address 192.168.1.5
                Port    8080
        End
        BackEnd
                Address 192.168.1.6
                Port 8080
        End
        Session
                Type IP
                TTL  300
        END
End

And I keep getting this error in my syslog:

Code:

Apr 30 06:24:50 DNS pound: (b7b3fb90) connect_nb: error after getsockopt: Connection refused

HHHEEEELLLLPPP!!!!

twantrd · 05-01-2009, 04:49 AM

Ask the person who recommended this to fix it for you

. Honestly though, are you running the latest stable release of this code? If so, maybe there is a bug in this one and perhaps you could try using an older version and check if the performance is the same. I never heard of Pound so I can't help you much. However, you could setup Apache + mod_proxy and do load balancing that way. I did it a while back and it rocks. If you run into problems, at least you'll be at ease because Apache is so widely used and people can help guide you in fixing whatever problem you have.

-twantrd