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Jun 29, 2017

Is there a GLB back off timer for failed pools

Hi, I've been searching and testing this for a couple of days but not been able to work it out, wondering if anyone knows.....?   I am testing GLB with topology based LB. There are 2 pools and all...
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Jun 29, 2017

As per my comment, I appear to have stumbled across my own answer!

 

Setting the persistence to off allows the clients to immediately revert back to their preferred pool when it becomes available again.

 

Andrew