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Feb 27, 2015

least-connections-member and least-connections-node

Hi All,

 

i was trying to find when to use node and when to use member least connection . i thought the least connection is based on connection for particular VS it will not be affected by other VS coonection count ?

 

When to use member and node any specific scenarios for example if same node is referenced in different pools ?

 

Thanks

 

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  • Least connections member can be viewed as sorting a list of pool members in a pool by the number of open connections (tcp/udp/etc.).

     

    Least connections node can be viewed as sorting the list of pool members by total connections to the node object, referencing the entire connection table of the BIG-IP.

     

    I would look at using least connections member mostly, but if you have a machine that takes the same type of data on multiple ports, say a server that hosts web sites different ports (say tcp/8000-8019), and each port is associated with a virtual server with pools referencing only 1 port, then least connections node on all of those pools may make sense.

     

  • How will it play, if we have Priority group activation in picture for a pool. Will in that case the connection move to the nodes in group with lower priority?

     

  • In our network scenario priority group activation works for active passive node scenario.

     

    lets suppose there are 2 nodes in a virtual server and user wants to get the traffic on node 1. If in case node 1 goes down then traffic automatically moves to node 2.

     

    In above scenario we follow below configuration steps :-

     

    +create pool active_passive +select round robin method +select priority group activation as we want to make only one node active at a time +select node and set priority to the node

     

    The higher the number, the higher the priority, so a member with a priority of 3 has higher priority than a member with a priority of 1.

     

    +lets suppos node 1 has priority 2 ---so it will recieve traffic first. Once it goes down then only traffic move to the node 2 with lower priority.

     

  • Comment made 29-Nov-2016 by er.sandy 56 How will it play, if we have Priority group activation in picture for a pool. Will in that case the connection move to the nodes in group with lower priority?

     

    In our network scenario priority group activation works for active passive node scenario.

     

    lets suppose there are 2 nodes in a virtual server and user wants to get the traffic on node 1. If in case node 1 goes down then traffic automatically moves to node 2.

     

    In above scenario we follow below configuration steps :-

     

    +create pool active_passive +select round robin method +select priority group activation as we want to make only one node active at a time +select node and set priority to the node

     

    The higher the number, the higher the priority, so a member with a priority of 3 has higher priority than a member with a priority of 1.

     

    +lets suppos node 1 has priority 2 ---so it will recieve traffic first. Once it goes down then only traffic move to the node 2 with lower priority.