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HG's avatar
HG
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Nov 13, 2015

LTM - Least Connections loadbalancing method

Hello,   Lets assume that we have 2 pools with different name having both the same 2 members. On both pools least connections load balancing method have been chosen based on member. By using irule...
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Hannes_Rapp
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Nov 13, 2015

If you select Least Connections (Member) as the balancing method, the balancing decision will be based on the connection counters of a particular Pool. You can call this isolated balancing, because the connection counters outside the context of a particular Pool do not matter.

 

If you change the balancing method to Least Connections (Node), the connection counters outside the context of a given pool will start to matter.

 

It sounds bulky, but hope it will make sense.