Hi
i want to implement a load balancer on my network but i am not sure which one to use and which has an easy configuration and administration also
i have been looking at linux virtual server load balancer
but the confusing part is is it part of the linux vserver or what because the have different site and dont refer to them self it confusing

well how about you take a step back and explain what you want to get out as an end result. load balancing is a very broad expression and takes many many forms which have little in common with each other in terms of technology, architecture and so on.

As far as load balancing is concerned as in any other project, you have to mix complexity required and budget.

First off, LVS has nothing to do with vserver. You can accomplish simple and robust load balancing with LVS as long as you go through the documentation.

Other more expensive solutions I've worked with in the past are Cisco content switches and F5 Big-IP. CSS's are used in very highly solicitated web environments and can include an SSL acceleration hardware module. On the other hand, F5 permits a lot of coding and HTTP request manipulations.

Keep this in mind though, if you are serious about uptime for your web services, I suggest 2 of each from the solution you choose to provide redundancy.

Hope this helps.

you forgot that F5 gear is awesome whilst CSS is a bit pants....

if it is just local web balancing, nginx would be a good starting point for zero pennies.

well thanks for clearing out that vserver and LVS are not the same havent said that
what i want to do i split the load on my mail server it keeps getting over worked and sometimes
we cant get mail it processes quit alot of mails so what i want to do is
get a load balancer split the load so one server will processes and receive mail and the other will be for the smtp, pop3 and web interface connections

ok, well i'll rerecommend nginx, which acts as an smtp proxy as well as http. it's generally nicer to live at the highest level of the OSI model as you can (in my experience at least) so lvs could do ip level stuff, but nginx can pull it up to understand the data as well as direct it.

nginx is to complicated nothing much more simpler to use i am only using it for two servers
for now any other one i have tried balance and balancNG but cant get around LVS

nginx is very very simple for a basic config. There's a point where if things are too straight forward, they simply can not do a good job without being psychic. see that Microsoft Windows thing as a good example.

ok i have installed it with no problem i was looking at the site for sample config files but they just seem to much config for what i wanted but thanks will have a go at it again

Amen to that :-).