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SSHSSH_97332
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Jan 28, 2012

Link Controller Load Balancing to ISPs (OutBound Load Balancing)

 

 

From the LC configuration Guide i can see :

 

1-The Link Controller system supports the following static load balancing modes:

 

• Drop Packet• Fallback IP• Global Availability• Ratio• Round Robin• Static Persist• Topology

 

2-The Link Controller system supports the following dynamic load balancing modes:

 

• Connection Rate• Completion Rate• Hops• Kilobytes/Second• Least Connections• Packet Rate• Round Trip Times (RTT)• Quality of Service (QOS) • VS Capacity

 

Question1: The above methods is mentioned under chapter called inbound load balancing , also it is configured on the Wide-IP level ( not on Pool level ) , does this mean that it cannot help for outbound load balancing ( users surfing the internet from behind the F5 , Vs=0.0.0.0/0 is configured with 2 pool members as my 2 ISP routers) ?

 

Question2:

 

Now we are very concerned with outbound load balancing ( users surfing the internet from behind the F5 , Vs=0.0.0.0/0 is configured with 2 pool members as my 2 ISP routers) ……. From LC GUI I found 2 options :

 

Option1: On Pool ( Ratio , observed , least connections , Fastest , predictive ) ….This options can make sense with LTM device as the pool member is a server for which LTM can get the above data about it , but with LC does it make sense with outbound load balancing , if I applied least connections for example will LC forward to ISP with the least connections ?

 

Option2: On Link level , there is an option called “Weighting “ , it has 2 possibilities in a drop down menu : Ratio & price ( price is dynamic Ratio which take into consideration the Link price increase per usage ) ……….. shall I use this or use option1 mentioned previously or I can use both for outbound load balancing ?

 

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  • juan's avatar
    juan
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    Hi.

     

    I've got exactly the same doubts. I think actually it's doubt of concepts of LC behaviour. Have you managed info about that? Is it clear for you now?

     

    Thank you very much.