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TrainerBob's avatar
TrainerBob
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Nov 24, 2023

Multi-Tiered Application Architecture Question

Hello all, I'm studying for the LTM 301a exam and one of the topics is multi-tiered architecture. So I thought I'd come here to the experts who have way more experience than I do, for some advice to ...
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Daniel_Wolf's avatar
Daniel_Wolf
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Nov 25, 2023

Hi TrainerBob,

I'd start with a word of caution. Today there are other, more modern and robust, solutions for loadbalancing SQL server. As far as I can remember, the 301a exam is still based on TMOS version 11 or 12. I cannot find the exact version number, seems the information isn't available. Hopefully it is not available, because they update the exam... SCNR 😁

Take a look here: https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm-implementations-11-6-0/26.html

This is from TMOS 11.6. Which is pretty close to the version the exam was built on.

KR
Daniel

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Nov 25, 2023

Ah yes, that's the document I linked to in my original post. This is simply a fictitious scenario to help me better understand the multi-tiered setup. 
Is it really necessary to use a standard VS as full proxy for comms between internal servers? Or would an Internal VS be better?