Recommended haproxy settings to balance Riak protobuf and http interfaces (note: WORK IN PROGRESS)

haproxy.conf

# Documentation for HAProxy
# http://code.google.com/p/haproxy-docs/w/list

global
        log 127.0.0.1   local0
        log 127.0.0.1   local1 notice
        maxconn         65536
        chroot          /var/lib/haproxy
        no option       httpclose
        user            haproxy
        group           haproxy
        spread-checks   5
        daemon
        #debug
        #quiet

defaults
        log               global
        option            dontlognull
        option            redispatch
        option            allbackups
        retries           3
        maxconn           8192
        contimeout        5000
        clitimeout        50000
        srvtimeout        50000

backend riak_rest_backend
       mode               http
       balance            roundrobin
       option             httpchk GET /ping
       option             httplog
       server riak1 riak1.<FQDN>:8098 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check
       server riak2 riak2.<FQDN>:8098 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check
       server riak3 riak3.<FQDN>:8098 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check
       server riak4 riak4.<FQDN>:8098 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check

frontend riak_rest
       bind               127.0.0.1:8098
       mode               http
       option             contstats
       default_backend    riak_rest_backend


backend riak_protocol_buffer_backend
       balance            leastconn
       mode               tcp
       server riak1 riak1.<FQDN>:8087 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check
       server riak2 riak2.<FQDN>:8087 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check
       server riak3 riak3.<FQDN>:8087 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check
       server riak4 riak4.<FQDN>:8087 weight 1 maxconn 1024  check


frontend riak_protocol_buffer
       bind               127.0.0.1:8087
       mode               tcp
       option             tcplog
       option             contstats
       default_backend    riak_protocol_buffer_backend