> Does anyone know what, if any, limits are there on number of virtual hosts
> we can create? In all cases below, I would be assigning a unique IP
address> to each virtual host, these IP addresses spanning multiple class C address
> blocks.
>
> Can I ifconfig eth0:1, eth0:2, etc to my heart''s content, or is
it gonna
> barf when I get to eth0:255 or some such number?
I belive there use to be some limitation in some of the older Linux kernels.
If I''m not mistaken, that has been taken care of.. THe only limitation
I see
would be the standard limitations to most everything.. Actual hardware
limitation (spcifically the NIC) and memory.
> As a second issue, is there a pseudo-limit on virtual hosts based upon
how> many open files are allowed?
File descriptors. Yes.
> Using Multiple servers on the same ethernet - is it possible to
> ifconfig eth0:24 on server 2 if server 1 already has someone on
it''s
> etho:24?
>
Huh?
> Can use of multiple servers increase somehow any of the limitations that
may> exist in the number of virtual hosts that can be created.
More servers would eat up more memory and file descriptors. So yes, I
suppose so but it probably wouldn''t be a difference that would really
matter
in the big picture.
> Using Intel P3-450, ASUS P2BLS, 256meg ECC Ram,U2W SCSI 9 gig. RH6.0
Secure> Server''s hardware listed in case this poses some limitation that I
might
be> overlooking.
I think you''re good to go there for quite a while. That''s a
nice machine.
- Mitch