BalanceNG
BalanceNG is a modern, IPv6 capable software IP load balancing solution. It is small, fast, and easy to use and set up. It offers session persistence, different distribution methods (Round Robin, Random, Weighted Random, Least Session, Least Bandwidth, Hash, Agent, and Randomized Agent) and a customizable UDP health check agent in source code. It supports VRRP to set up high availability configurations on multiple nodes. It supports SNMP, integrating the BALANCENG-MIB with Net-SNMPD. It implements a very fast in-memory IP-to-location database, allowing powerful location-based server load-balancing.
| Tags | Internet Proxy Servers Clustering/Distributed Networks Web Networking Load-Balancing Software Distribution Load-Balancer TCP/IP |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Proprietary with Free Trial |
| Operating Systems | Linux Solaris |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 08 May 2012 12:33
Release Notes: "bng stop" now uses the SIGTERM signal instead of SIGHUP in order to improve CFEngine integration. The session table garbage collection is now faster on busy systems and "show sessions" no longer displays outdated entries. A new "-e" command line option makes all interactive frontends (bng control/auxctl/cmdctl) terminate with EX_TEMPFAIL if an invocation is already running for the same BNG instance. A "bng reload" now completes without moving the targets to "down" state for a short period of time. The manual has been updated accordingly.
- 27 Apr 2012 19:18
Release Notes: A major issue with gratuitous ARP and IPv6 NAs in conjunction with multiple connected VLANs has been resolved. The manual has been updated.
- 11 Apr 2012 22:33
Release Notes: A minor bug with the "reload" functionality has been resolved. The manual has been updated.
- 20 Mar 2012 17:54
Release Notes: The parameter "sessionsyncetype" has been added, allowing changing the Ethertype of session synchronization packets to a specific, non-standard value. The manual has been updated accordingly.
- 10 Feb 2012 23:05
Release Notes: The Boolean parameter "stickytarget" has been added, controlling the update of the forwarding table for known targets. The manual has been updated accordingly.
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