Forum Discussion
Link Controller Load Balancing to ISPs (OutBound Load Balancing)
From the LC configuration
Guide i can see :
1-The Link Controller system supports
the following static load balancing modes:
• Drop Packet• Fallback IP•
Global Availability• Ratio• Round Robin• Static Persist• Topology
2-The Link Controller system
supports the following dynamic load balancing modes:
• Connection Rate• Completion
Rate• Hops• Kilobytes/Second• Least Connections• Packet Rate• Round Trip Times
(RTT)• Quality of Service (QOS) • VS Capacity
Question1:
The above methods is mentioned under chapter called
inbound load balancing , also it is configured on the Wide-IP level ( not on
Pool level ) , does this mean that it cannot help for outbound load balancing (
users surfing the internet from behind the F5 , Vs=0.0.0.0/0 is
configured with 2 pool members as my 2 ISP routers) ?
Question2:
Now we are very concerned with
outbound load balancing ( users surfing the internet from behind the F5 ,
Vs=0.0.0.0/0 is configured with 2 pool members as my 2 ISP routers) ……. From LC
GUI I found 2 options :
Option1:
On Pool ( Ratio , observed , least connections ,
Fastest , predictive ) ….This options can make sense with LTM device as the
pool member is a server for which LTM can get the above data about it
, but with LC does it make sense with outbound load balancing , if I
applied least connections for example will LC forward to ISP with the least
connections ?
Option2:
On Link level , there is an option called “Weighting “ ,
it has 2 possibilities in a drop down menu : Ratio & price ( price is
dynamic Ratio which take into consideration the Link price increase per usage )
……….. shall I use this or use option1 mentioned previously or I can use both
for outbound load balancing ?
2 Replies
- SSHSSH_97332
Nimbostratus
........ - juan
Nimbostratus
Hi.
I've got exactly the same doubts. I think actually it's doubt of concepts of LC behaviour. Have you managed info about that? Is it clear for you now?
Thank you very much.
Help guide the future of your DevCentral Community!
What tools do you use to collaborate? (1min - anonymous)Recent Discussions
Related Content
* Getting Started on DevCentral
* Community Guidelines
* Community Terms of Use / EULA
* Community Ranking Explained
* Community Resources
* Contact the DevCentral Team
* Update MFA on account.f5.com
