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Welcome to the Open Source Load Balancing Project

This is a project designed to research the most cost effective way to lower the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. In doing so, we will use nothing but freely available open source software to perform our initial tests. Once that is done, we would like to compare them to the expensive load balancing equipment available from F5 and Big IP. Below is a list of items we hope to deliver to the open source community:

  • Raw test results
  • A test suite written in python for creating the necessary traffic and logging results (see OSLB Test Suite)
  • Comparisons between different software (ex: Apache vs Lighttpd)
  • Larger scale testing using the DETER test bed
  • A LiveCD with install options for easy deployment of a load balancing server

If more interested in the overall idea behind the project, please take a look at the Project Plan.

Preliminary Testing

I'm trying to find the best setup to use. I want to test between the following:

  • Linux KVM
  • OpenSolaris xVM
  • VMware ESXi 3.5

As of now, I'm working on testing Linux KVM as the base platform. Check Preliminary Testing Results for the raw data.

Initial Goals

Since the recent acceptance to start using the DETER test bed, the initial goals have been shifted to get the test suite working so that the experiments may start. The Initial Test Environment page will be kept for historical reference.

Looking for Team Members

If you're interested in helping out with this project, please head over to the Project Plan page. Read everything there and get to know what we are trying to accomplish. Once you have done that visit the application page and fill out the form there. You will here from us once we review the application.

Latest Updates

The initial test environment is still being put together. Here you can track progress of what has been setup so far. Soon to come is the Sourceforge page for our test suite and the beginnings of some code.

  • If you missed the above, we are looking for team members
  • Check out the Project Plan
  • Project has been accepted to the DETER test bed! All focus will now be shifted to the OSLB Test Suite
  • OSLB Test Suite, decided to switch to python and wrote a few basic functions
  • We need a decent logo! Anyone with artistic skills and wants to help let me know.

Contact

For contact information, please visit www.allanfeid.com

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