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David_Krainesss
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Aug 16, 2013

Multiple stateless http requests route to same member server from any given client

We have an older F5 BigIP. Our application makes multiple http requests and stays on a member server. To replicate, I am notice when I refresh my browser the same member server is hit. My assumpti...
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David_Krainesss
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Aug 16, 2013

Thanks, I reviewed that link, but it does not help my specific issue. I am getting fairly even traffic distribution, We have 1000s of clients/theads and teh stats are fairly even.

 

My question is a given client thread seems to stick to a member server for a given period of time. Why does it not hop around?

 

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    BinaryCanary_19
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    Aug 16, 2013
    Think HTTP Keepalives.