Configuring Sticky Cookies; Sticky Overview - Cisco CSS 11501 - Content Services Switch Getting Started Manual

Sticky Overview

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Configuring Sticky Cookies

This chapter provides information on CSS sticky using cookies.
Sticky Overview
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Advanced Load-Balancing Method Using Cookies
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For detailed information on services, sticky parameters and their uses, and
Layer 3, Layer 4, and Layer 5 sticky, refer to the Cisco Content Services Switch
Content Load-Balancing Configuration Guide.
When customers visit an e-commerce site, they usually start out by browsing the
site, the Internet equivalent of window shopping. Depending on the application,
the site may require that the customer become "stuck" to one server once the
connection is established, or the application may not require this until the
customer starts to build a shopping cart.
In either case, once the customer adds items to the shopping cart, it is important
that all of the customer's requests get directed to the same server so that all the
items are contained in one shopping cart on one server. An instance of a
customer's shopping cart is typically local to a particular Web server and is not
duplicated across multiple servers.
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