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Eridano_Di_Piet's avatar
Eridano_Di_Piet
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Jan 29, 2008

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Hi everybody,

 

I've configured a virtual server on the Big-IP which receives http requests and forwards them to a pool of 3 real servers.

 

My question is: can the Big-IP be programmed so that if a request is made to one of the web servers and it takes more than 1 sec to respond then the load balancer sends back a customized response (sush as a text) to the external client that performed the request? It can discard whatever the answer is that comes back later. It may also return that text if none of the web servers are available.

 

Thanks for your support,

 

Erik.

 

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  • Deb_Allen_18's avatar
    Deb_Allen_18
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    Jan 31, 2008
    Hi Erik -

     

     

    You could do that with an iRule using the "clock seconds" command (Click here) to capture the clock value at various points and comparing them, but why would you? I would think that your servers would get hammered harder with retries the busier it got.

     

     

    /deb