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Nimbostratus

Jan 30, 2018

Load balancing syslog to a pool of syslog receivers

I am trying to come up with a way to load balance a large amount of syslog messages that are coming from a single node. I created a stateless VIP. I created a UDP profile with LB datagram an...

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cpt_ri_F5

Cirrostratus

Hello,

For me, UDP profile with "Datagram LB" enabled, split between the two nodes evenly, but I do not receive the same quantity of logs!

You encounter this problem?

Thanks!

buulam

Admin

Jan 28, 2023

Hi cpt_ri_F5 what ratio of load balancing are you getting?

boneyard
MVP
Jan 29, 2023
For reference, discussion pretty much continues here:

https://community.f5.com/t5/technical-forum/udp-datagram-lb/m-p/309048
- buulam
  Admin
  Jan 30, 2023
  boneyard ah thanks for linking!
cpt_ri_F5
Cirrostratus
Jan 28, 2023
Hello, ratio 50% 50%, but 80% of lost logs!