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Mir_62083
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Oct 15, 2012

Need to Load balance SFTP traffic

Hi All,     I need to load balance the SFTP traffic to two real servers. Can any one help me out please. The situation is exactly like this VS:192.168.10.1 :22 ----> RS1: 10.10.10.1:22, RS2...
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Oct 15, 2012
Hash persistence will not work as the traffic is encrypted. If my understanding of SFTP is correct, you do not need persistence. SFTP will use a single long-lived (if necessary) connection and not open additional ones like a HTTP client might.