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Super Sparrow enables users to load balance traffic between
geographically separated points of presence by finding the site
network-wise closest to clients. This is done by accessing
BGP routing information, the information that determines the path
that traffic will take on the internet.
Super Sparrow forms part of
VAnessa.
Super Sparrow is designed to work with other
components of VAnessa, including
Ultra Monkey.
Key Features:
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Uses BGP routing
information to determine which point of presence a client
should connect to.
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Routing information can be obtained from
a Route Server running
GNU Zebra,
Gated
or
Cisco IOS.
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Driver module,
mod_supersparrow,
for Dents
enables Super Sparrow enhanced sites to used DNS to communicate
which server a client should connect to.
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Stand-alone programme,
supersparrow,
enables Super Sparrow to be integrated
into applications that can communicate using stdio.
This can be used to tie Super Sparrow directly into
The Apache HTTP Server.
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Library API
to enable applications to be integrated with Super Sparrow.
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Code is Open Source.
Releases
Each release contains comprehensive documentation on the software included,
the technologies used and how to configure a sample network.
Super Sparrow 0.0.0
Initial Release
9th January 2001
Paper
Gloabally Distributed Content
is a paper on the technology behind Super Sparrow and
and its implementation.
News
Wide-area load balancing: Article in Network World Fusion
about Super Sparrow. 21st February 2001
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Last Updated: Thu Nov 13 16:32:17 2003 +0900