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Brian_123250
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusRebalance the load when a down server becomes active again
Say you have 10 clients connecting to a virtual server all split between 2 pool members (5 and 5) using least connection members as the load balancing method and source address persistence. Say a po...
Kai_Wilke
MVP
MVPHi Brian,
you could switch to a CARP persistence profile based on the Source-IP of the connecting client.
By using CARP the load will be evenly hash distributed between your members with build-in failover and automatic failback support.
The only limitation is, that CARP does not provide an as good job as "least connection" load balancing for just a few clients. But the more clients you have the better gets the result...
Cheers, Kai
