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Keith_Richards_'s avatar
Keith_Richards_
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Aug 15, 2007

GTM load balancing dilemma

I have an architecture where a GTM is load balancing a service between two data centres. The GTM uses iQuery to communicate with the LTMs in each data centre.     Now, the main Virtual Server on...
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hoolio's avatar
hoolio
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Aug 15, 2007
One other point...

 

 

If you have a "catch-all" HTTP class, with no filters that matches all requests, configured last in the class list, there isn't a chance that requests would be sent directly to the pool (and not go through ASM). I think the recommendation to not use a default pool on the virtual server is still applicable but not a requirement. With that being said, if you know a request will never make it to the default pool, it would be safe to configure one so that the virtual server state is reported accurately.

 

 

Aaron