---
name: "olbd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "root-system-xrootd"
version: "5.18.00-2.3~lenny1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/olbd"
---

# olbd(1)

Open Load Balancer Daeom used by xrootd

## NAME

olbd - Open Load Balancer Daeom used by xrootd

## SYNOPSIS

**oldb** *\[options\] \[exported directories\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **olbd** program.

**olbd** is the Open Load Balancer Daemon for the  **ROOT** extended remote file server daemon.

## SEE ALSO

[*xrootd*(1)](/xrootd/1.md), [*rootd*(1)](/rootd/1.md)

See also  *http://xrootd.slac.stanford.edu* for more on the extended **ROOT** server.

For more information on the **ROOT** system, please refer to  *http://root.cern.ch* ⟨http://root.cern.ch/⟩

## ORIGINAL AUTHORS

The ROOT team (see web page above):

**Rene Brun** and **Fons Rademakers**

## COPYRIGHT

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

## AUTHOR

This manual page was originally written by Christian Holm Christensen \<cholm@nbi.dk\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system and ROOT version 3.
