Re: Rules for summer cache-off?

From: Alex Rousskov (rousskov@ircache.net)
Date: Mon Jul 31 2000 - 10:34:14 MDT


On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 kshultz@us.ibm.com wrote:

> My understanding is that at the Cache-offs, only one network interface is
> allowed on the proxy cache, of any type (Gb. Ether, etc). I've not found
> any reference to this in the rules document for the 2nd bakeoff
> (http://bakeoff.ircache.net/N02/rules.html). Is this true?

No, it is not. The only related restriction is that the bench must be
set up in either of the two modes:

        1) "transparent" redirection
           (robots think they talk directly to servers)

        2) explicit proxying with a single proxy IP address
           (robots send requests to that IP address)

One can, for example, do L4 load balancing among several proxies. A
proxy working as a router with two NICs on different subnets is also
possible. There are lots of other options, of course. IIRC, several
publicly tested products had configuration other that a "single port".

If you have some complicated/unusual setup in mind, it is always a good
idea to let Polyteam know in advance, to avoid rules misinterpretation,
etc.

Alex.



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