Cisco ACE load balancer

[techranga]

Hi,

   We are using Cisco ACE 4710 for load balancing the servers. The predictor used is 'least connections'.

Have observed the below;

The number of connections for a particular server in a serverfarm is 15 in the Cisco ACE.

The actual number of users in that server is 6.

All the users access using the VIP.

Still i couldn't understand why there is difference in the number of users in the server and the load balancer statistics.

Would appreciate your help.

Thanks,

Ranga

[Marko Leopold]

Hello Ranga!

Your ACE counts the number of TCP-connections. The ACE does not know about the number of users in your application.

Cheers

Marko

[techranga]

Hello Marko,

     Thanks for your response. Just correct whether my understanding is correct ?

Termianl server VIP    --->    4 physical servers TS. TS1, TS2, TS3 and TS4.

When a user logins to the VIP, the user is directed to any one of the physical server ex. TS2 ( a TCP connection ).

So each time a user logs in using the VIP, it hits the physical server. The count in LB should match the users in the physical TS.

Correct me if my understanding is wrong ?

Thanks,

Ranga