Network Load Balancing
 

I have a need to set up multiple servers (6), running WebSphere, and load balanced. Is there a way to set up a Linux server to load balance similar to network load balancing in Windows 2003 Server? I know we can use a hardware appliance to load balance, so is there any disadvantage to using software load balancing vs. an appliance? Thanks!

you can always use round robin for your dns entry. so every lookup to the domain name will return a different server. this is typically used for web servers where lots of different users look up the host name.

Though this is not very useful for small networks with only a few users.

But i am not 100% sure what you are trying to do, so more information would be nice :).