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Vince_Beltz_959
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Feb 18, 2010

Hold Connection / No Pool

Got a proposal from one of our devs this AM, who wants to set up the following scenario on an LTM.     He proposes a group of clients, all trying almost constantly to connect with a VIP. Th...
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Vince_Beltz_959
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Feb 19, 2010
We aren't looking to set up a queue, just a mob of clients all jostling for that one available connection. As soon as it's released, they all compete for it again. No load balance or prioritizing, just the one that gets lucky and gets a TCP connection for a maximum of 30sec. Experimenting now with simply setting up a tcp profile that has a 30sec idle timeout.