Also the difference between GTM and LTM is that GTM enables fail-over between geographically different sites and for LTM that is possible only for local sites. Nothing to do with the persistence feature.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Igor Cicimov <icici...@gmail.com> wrote: > Strange because a quick search gives me this > > > http://devcentral-sea.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/aft/26947/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Are you referrring to GTM or LTM. I have looked into it and even >> talked to F5 but currently they don't have this functionality for >> Prod. >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Igor Cicimov <icici...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi guys, >> > >> > Just scanned through the thread quickly so not sure if this makes any >> sense >> > but what about F5 source IP stickiness? >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Igor >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Currently, the load balancer don't provide the user >> >> stickyness/persistence for 'x' amount of time. At this point only >> >> option I see is that of creating a custom solution. It looks like >> >> there is no good solution. >> >> >> >> Problem here is User can be directed to any site by load balancer in >> >> active active scenario where load is being balanced as 1:1 ratio. >> >> >> >> Cookie was a good option but doesn;t work for non-browser client where >> >> browser connection to server A and then server A then make Http >> >> request. So in essence it's the ip of server A that is making the >> >> request and there is no way to use cookies in such scenarios. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Ben Timby <bti...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Mohit Anchlia < >> mohitanch...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> Thanks! We are using F5 GTM as global load balancer with LTM. So >> >> >> global load balancing is not a problem. Problem is user stickyness >> >> >> that need to persist beyond individual session. >> >> >> >> >> >> I forgot to mention that the problem is that these connections come >> >> >> from the servers using http rather than browser and that's why >> cookies >> >> >> here will probably not work. >> >> > >> >> > Then you will have to review your load balancer docs and see what >> >> > options are available and go from there. A common load balancing >> >> > method is SOURCE, where the source of the request is hashed to >> >> > determine the backend server to direct the request to. This would >> >> > ensure the same source always hits the same backend (as long as it is >> >> > available). The downside to this method is that upstream proxies hide >> >> > the client's IP address and undermine the load balancing >> effectiveness >> >> > of this method. However, you know the user (or group of users) will >> be >> >> > sticky. >> >> > >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >> Project. >> >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >> >> >> > >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >> >> >
