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dragonflymr
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Feb 05, 2015

Performance based "Priority groups"

Hi,   I am quite new to LTM so probably there is some obvious solution available and I just missed it...   There is Priority Group Activation feature that resolves issues when there are some pr...
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giltjr
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Feb 06, 2015

Have you looked into using the Dynamic Ratio load balancing method? You could put a very high ratio number on your "normal" servers and a ratio of 1 on the "backup/standby" servers.

 

There are some requirements for using Dynamic Ratio so that the F5 can see what the current performance is on the server, so it may not work for you.

 

And no, I have never used it I've just read about it.