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Mark_35110
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May 27, 2014

Two servers, one pool - failover, not load-balanced?!

Hi all, I have 2 servers in 1 pool. I want one to be the prime server, and the other one only to be used if the prime one fails. I want no form of load balancing! I know this seems bizarre, as the F5...
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Kevin_Stewart
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May 27, 2014

as using priority groups still partially shares load

 

That's not true at all. There should be no load balancing in priority group activation, unless multiple servers are in the same priority group. Only the servers in a higher priority group will be used until all (or some defined count of those) become unavailable. That said, priority group activation makes no sense without some form of active monitor. Is it monitor traffic that you're seeing?