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rosh_menon_3375
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusF5 scp load balancing
We have files send to 2 identical nodes via F5 over SSH/22 and performance L4 (round robin algorithm) and we are trying to load balance the files evenly between the nodes.
However the F5 is not distributing the files evenly. For eg: If client sends 24 identical files, sometimes 9 of them went to node1 and 15 went to node 2. The numbers are very random.
The client uses SCP to connect to the F5 for pushing the files.
Is there a reason why files are not evenly distributed? Does SCP makes multiple TCP connections for each file transfer?
- Kevin_Davies
Nacreous
See the section marked "Load balancing behavior for CMP-enabled virtual servers" in article K14358 to better understand the behaviour.
Then change your load balancing method to least connections.
