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seesaw

Seesaw v2 is a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) based load balancing platform.

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5.7KGitHub stars
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What it is

Seesaw v2 is a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) based load balancing platform.

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HN mentions by year9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2016-01-29 20:10:48 UTC to 2022-03-31 07:00:33 UTC.

02462016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC725
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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You could deploy your own: https://github.com/google/seesaw | how-to: https://render.com/blog/how-to-build-an-anycast-network Or have someone else deploy it for you: https://www.vultr.com/docs/configuring-bgp-on-vultr/ | https://netactuate.com/anycast/ All big cloud providers have anycast load balancer offerings. In my experience, Fly's load balancer is wayy more simpler than those to use (because it is the only way to load balance, like with Cloudflare).
In A Foolish Consistency: Consul at Fly.io
Out of kernel offloads (dpdk, solarflare's openonload, and mellanox's VMA) are good for two primary use cases: * Reducing context switches at exceptionally high packet rates * Massively reducing latency with tricks like busy polling (which the kernel's native stack is gaining) LVS is pretty much the undisputed king for serious business load balancing. I've heard (anecdotally) that Uber uses gorb[1] and google has released seesaw, which are both fancy wrappers ontop of LVS for load balancing. Source: Almost 10 years optimizing Linux and hardware for low latency in a trading firm. [1] https://github.com/kobolog/gorb [2] https://github.com/google/seesaw
In Building a Billion User Load Balancer [video]

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