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chris_connell_1
Nimbostratus
Nimbostratusload balancing method which takes cpu usage into account
Hi,
We have two sets of real servers, one set has more powerful hardware. Is there a way we can send more traffic to the less loaded systems (cpu wise) somehow? i.e. a way to weight the servers...
There are a couple of ways to skin this. One is to simply weight traffic with ratio load balancing to favor the beefier hardware.
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/LTM_config_guide_943/ltm_pools.html1215305
Another is to use Dynamic Load Balancing, which can make use of SNMP calls to the servers themselves to create a sort of overall picture of server load. There are more details here:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/100/sol9125.html
