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Re: Anycast provider for SMTP?


From: Guillaume Tournat <guillaume () ironie org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:40:13 +0200

Give a look at hosted GSLB service, FortiDirector, which I have set up for a customer (for SMTP, Exchange, ActiveSync 
world wide services. 



Le 15 juin 2015 à 19:50, Joe Hamelin <joe () nethead com> a écrit :

I have a mail system where there are two MX hosts, one in the US and one in
Europe.  Both have a DNS MX record metric of 10 so a bastardized
round-robin takes place.  This does not work so well when one site goes
down.   My solution will be to place a load balancer in a hosting site
(virtual, of course) and have it provide HA.  But what about HA for the
LB?  At first glance anycasting would seem to be a great idea but there is
a problem of broken sessions when routes change.

Have any of you seen something like this work in the wild?


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Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474


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