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T0nyP
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Jan 03, 2024
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Recommended Persistence for F5 working as ISP-LB ( ISP Load Balancing )

Hi, Just want to ask based on your implementation experience what is recommended persistence for ISP Load Balancing? ( Source IP Persistence or Destination IP Persistence ) Thanks.
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  • zamroni777's avatar
    zamroni777
    Jan 04, 2024

    i cant find related f5 kb on that.
    however, ideal ISP load balancing should persist source&&destination ip address.
    hash persistence allows to create such persistence object.
    if persisting on source ip address only, access from 1 client will only uses 1 isp.

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zamroni777
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Jan 03, 2024

Hash persistence is better choice than source ip address.

Destination ip address is definitely not proper for ISP LB.
It will make, for example access to youtube, goes through only 1 ISP

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    T0nyP
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    Jan 03, 2024

    Hi zamroni777, thank very much for your input. Do you see any related F5 KB article that hash persistence is recommended for LB of ISP?

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      zamroni777
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      Jan 04, 2024

      i cant find related f5 kb on that.
      however, ideal ISP load balancing should persist source&&destination ip address.
      hash persistence allows to create such persistence object.
      if persisting on source ip address only, access from 1 client will only uses 1 isp.

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        T0nyP
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        Jan 04, 2024

        Thank you very much for your reply. Appreciate it.