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ytek_100530
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Jan 24, 2014

GSLB design for few small number of source addresses

We are trying to design a load balancing solution that will take high volumes of traffic from a client with few IP addresses (even just 1) and evenly distribute between our datacenters. Even on a transaction by transaction basis going round robin.

 

Using a DNS based solution we run into the following - Clients may not respect TTL value that have been assigned and will swing traffic unevenly. Causing large spikes and not spreading the traffic evenly.

 

We are thinking to somehow route/proxy the traffic through another endpoint in or out of our network. Any suggestions? Thank you.

 

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  • URL is mysite.com.au - WideIP has 2 pool members - s1 and s2, round robin, no persistence, TTL as low as you can go (60s).

     

    Also have wideIPs for s1.mysite.com.au, 2 pool members, Global Availability (prefer s1).

     

    Also have wideIPs for s2.mysite.com.au, 2 pool members, Global Availability (prefer s2).

     

    On LTM in site1, if traffic arrives for Host: mysite.com.au, HTTP redirect to http://s1.mysite.com.au/.

     

    On LTM in site2, if traffic arrives for Host: mysite.com.au, HTTP redirect to http://s2.mysite.com.au/.

     

    I hope that makes sense.