CSS 11501 - Balancing vs. Sorry Server

[jaredmiller]

Hi,

I need a little advice.

I have configured my test CSS box with two services. I enabled keepalives and load balancing with one server having a weight of 5, while the other is set to the default.

Testing has proven successfull in redirecting requests when the primary server (weight 5) is taken offline. However, when it comes back online, not all requests are sent to it, and some requests still go to the secondary server.

My question:

If I want all requests to go to the primary server except in the event it is unavailable, should I configure the secondary server as a Sorry server, and not as a load balanced peer? I would effectively be using the Sorry server as a secondary content server.

Is this workable? Am I missing something?

Thanks,

JM

[Gilles Dufour]

JM,

yes you need the sorryserver option if you don't want traffic to go to your backup.

Whatever weight option you configure, there will always be a fraction of the traffic going to the backup.

Gilles.