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danielo303_1961
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May 10, 2012

Converting LTM pair from active/standby to active/active

Hello,     We have a pair of BIG IP 1500's configured as active/standby HA pair. We are on version 9.4.3.     Because of some intermittent periods of high load, we would like to convert to...
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HHeredia_36237
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Dec 19, 2012
Active/active array config on v9.x is crumbersome and not recommended by f5; v11.x does this in a great manner but 1500s don't support it.

 

 

If bigips cpu&mem get overwhelm by traffic, consider review your config and see if there's something you can optimize (i.e. Too many iRules on a vs, enable oneconnect, use fastL4 vs for some L4 traffic, etc). If this is becoming a normal situation, you may want to consider upgrade to 1600 or the brand new 2xxx family ( I don't remember exactly the platform number)