Round-Robin based on client IP

Hi Hamdi,

 

round robin is the default load balancing method. As long as you do not turn on persistence for each new connection will a new pool member will be selected. To make sure connections from the same client IP address will be forwarded to the same pool member you want to apply source address affinity in the virtual server properties. A table will be build containing the client IPs accessing a virtual server and the mapping to a pool member. Whenenver a new connection from the same client IP is established within the persistence timeout the same pool member will be reselected and the timer will be initialized.

 

Destination address affinity was implemented for balancing outgoing connections (ISP link load balancing) across routers. The table will contain the target IP address (destination) and information which next hop (router) was selected. So each new connection to the target will be forwarded through the same ISP link.

 

Thanks, Stephan