Enabling Sticky Network Aggregation - Coyote Point Systems Equalizer Installation And Administration Manual

Chapter 4:Administering Equalizer Operation
Figure 36 Changing the stale connection timeout
3. Enter the stale connection timeout value, in seconds.
4. Click the Set button.

Enabling Sticky Network Aggregation

Sticky Network Aggregation enables Equalizer to correctly handle sticky connections from
ISPs who use multiple proxy servers to direct user connections. Sticky network
aggregation is only applicable for L4 load balancing of generic TCP and UDP clusters.
When sticky network aggregation is enabled, all of the connections coming from a
particular network are directed to the same server. (Typically, all of the servers in a proxy
farm are on the same network.)
Note – A potential drawback of using Sticky Network Aggregation is that all users connecting
through a particular proxy farm might be directed to the same server. In practice, this has not
been a problem. Equalizer's load-balancing algorithms direct other visitors to different servers to
keep the load balanced.
To enable sticky network aggregation:
1. Log into the Equalizer Administration interface with edit access.
2. Select Configure TCP/IP Options from the Equalizer menu in the main menu bar. The
Change Equalizer Parameters dialog is displayed in the right frame. By default, the
TCP/IP tab is visible.
Figure 37 Enabling sticky network aggregation
3. Enable sticky network aggregation by selecting a Sticky Network Aggregation mask
from the pull-down menu. When sticky network aggregation is enabled, Equalizer
routes all of the connections from a particular network to the same server. The
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