[OpenSIPS-Devel] [NEW] Load-balancing module + usage tutorial

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

Hi,

Before the SVN freeze for 1.5, as per TODO list, I uploaded a 
load-balancing module. I kept quite until now as I wanted to prepare a 
good description and documentation about it.


The Load-Balancer module comes to provide traffic routing based on load. 
Shortly, when OpenSIPS routes calls to a set of destinations, it is able 
to keep the load status (as number of ongoing calls) of each destination 
and to choose to route to the less loaded destination (at that moment). 
OpenSIPS is aware of the capacity of each destination - it is 
preconfigured with the maximum load accepted by the destinations. To be 
more precise, when routing, OpenSIPS will consider the less loaded 
destination not the destination with the smallest number of ongoing 
calls, but the destination with the largest available slot.

The "load-balancing" functionality comes to enhance the "dispatcher" 
one. The difference comes in having or not load information about the 
destinations where you are routing to.

For more info, please refer to the tutorial I just uploaded on the web site:
       http://www.opensips.org/index.php?n=Resources.DocsTutLoadbalancing

Best regards,
Bogdan