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Benoit_C_'s avatar
Benoit_C_
Jul 15, 2013

interval/up-interval vs timeout

Hello,     As mentionned in the summary, I would like to get some explanations on how the 'timeout' for an HTTP monitor will react when the up-interval value is set to a different value than ...
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Brian_Mayer_841's avatar
Brian_Mayer_841
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Feb 08, 2014

Hello there,

 

I want to do the opposite, as described here:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/how-to-reduce-health-monitor-interval-when-pool-member-is-downanswer88455

 

Eseentially, I want my up interval to always be 5s, with a [down] interval of 30s. The timeout would be unchanged I guess? However, I should note that, in this config, the standard timeout to interval ratio (3n+1) is violated, since in reality, the typical interval can be thought of as the 'up interval' rather than the actual 'interval' field; and this'interval' value (in my case, 30s) would only ever be enforced if the pool member is down.

 

Is this logic sound and, if so, I guess I can give it a go in our Test environment? Just wanted to hear what you guys had to say about it before I just plug and play!

 

Thanks! B