Re: RE: load balancing on mysql connections was [PHP] What is happening with php.net ???

http://balance.sourceforge.net <-- we love this program - short simple sweet On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 20:07, daniel@electroteque.org wrote: > while we are on the topic of load balancing , i was wondering if there is > any possible way to check which mysql server to connect to in a replication > scenerio , i have seen examples to check if the host is up with fsock > except even with the @ in front of the function it still dies with a fatal > error if the host u are checking for is down , is there any php examples or > tools ? > > I suspect google is using a very expensive global load balancing > > appliance to do this work for them, something that I'm not sure the > > guys at php.net will want to drop $40k USD on. Of course, a similar > > software solution could be created, I just don't think it would work as > > quickly/well. > > >