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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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Kevin_Stewart
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Aug 16, 2013

HTTP is stateless, but TCP really isn't, and that's what persistence gets stuck to in the absence of any other mechanisms. Depending on how soon you're doing it, hitting the refresh button in the browser will probably all happen within the same TCP session. Do you have keep-alives enabled? Is this HTTP 1.1 traffic?