# Mongrel cluster

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster/87727>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 5, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster/87727 "2007-03-05T16:38:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster/87727/1 "2007-03-05T16:38:54Z")

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Hi,

i have deployed 3 mongrels on three differnet app servers. up front i  
have an apache with mod\_balancer. Do I have to use the database as  
session storage, or is there some mechanism to forward a request for a  
certain session to a certain server? I have been using Java before and  
I wonder if there is something like a mod\_jk for apache/tomcat to  
control the load balancing via a sessionid attached to the url?