[Info-vax] How would you load balance excess webserver traffic between multiple OpenVMS servers?

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On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 1:21:26 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-01-11, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > If you're thinking about a Parler-class app for instance, there are 
> > already some discussions of what's involved there that are going on 
> > else-network and which you may want to review?even if you're not 
> > re-hosting Parler, the problems are broadly similar at scale.
> >
> 
> Ok, _that_ possibility never occurred to me when I read Bob's original
> post. Do you know something that the rest of us are unaware of ?

maybe :)

> 
> I would not recommend VMS as it stands today for such a high-profile
> and potentially hostile environment.
> 

you would prefer linux or windows? I thought OpenVMS was made for hostile environments.

Putting each user in a RWED controlled box along with appropriate ACLs
I would assume would outclass any other solution out there, as long as VSI has terminated all of their C strings properly. :)


> Simon.
> 
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