HAProxy’s load-balancing algorithms

HAProxy supports many load-balancing algorithms which may be used in many different type of cases.
That said, cache servers, which deliver most of the time the static content from your web applications, may require some specific load-balancing algorithms.

HAProxy stands in front of your cache server for some good reasons:

• SSL offloading (read PHK’s feeling about SSL, Varnish and HAProxy)
• HTTP content switching capabilities
• advanced load-balancing algorithms

The main purpose of this article is to show how HAProxy can be used to aggregate Varnish servers memory storage in some kind of “JBOD” mode (like the “Just a Bunch Of Disks“).
Main purpose of the examples delivered here are to optimize the resources on the cache, mainly its memory, in order to improve the HIT rate. This will also improve your application response time and make your site top ranked on google 继续阅读 →