RE: [load balancing] LB History

From: Alex Rousskov (rousskovIZZATmeasurement-factory.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 11:34:25 EST

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    09 Apr 1996:
            [0] Jim Forster <forsterIZZATcisco.com> mentions
                    Cisco's Local Director
                The LD announcement URL is password protected, unfortunately

    10 Oct 1996:
            [1] Dan Wing <dwingIZZATtgv.com> and <dwingIZZATcisco.com> mentions
                    Cisco's Local Director
                the documentation URL in that posting still works, sort of

    27 Nov 1996:
            [2] Matt Sommer <mmsIZZATf5.com> mentions
                    F5's BigIp

    04 Dec 1996:
            [3] Matt Sommer <mmsIZZATf5.com> mentions:
                    Cisco's Local Director
                    F5's BigIp
                    "some other software solutions which are directed
                     more towards load balancing http content"

    DNS-based load balancing seems to have been well-known prior to the
    dates above. Not sure if you count that.

    Alex.

    [0] http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=829080368.12408%40news.Colorado.EDU
    [1] http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=52sb7a%24ecn%40cronkite
    [2] http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Pine.BSI.3.94.961127095250.1187A-100000%40uber.f5.com
    [3] http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Pine.BSI.3.94.961203110523.16150A-100000%40uber.f5.com

    On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Allan Liska wrote:

    >
    > I think we may have a winner, that is the earliest article I have seen on
    > the local director, or any load balancer. If anyone else comes up with an
    > earlier listing I would love to see it.
    >
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >
    > allan
    >
    > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Mike Paratore wrote:
    >
    > > LD comes to Cisco by acquisition of Network Translations in December 1995
    > >
    > > Here is an old article on LD.
    > > http://hotwired.lycos.com/packet/garfinkel/97/07/index2a.html
    > >
    > >
    >
    > --
    > Allan Liska
    > allanIZZATallan.org
    > http://www.allan.org
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