Load Ballancing Need

[elawton1986]

Looking for solution for a Virtual Address that vcan dynamically connect to 2 or more real servers at diverse loacations

[Gilles Dufour]

the current solution is the Application Control Engine (ACE) replacing the CSS and CSM.

All of them will be able to achieve what you describe.

Gilles.

[branfarm1]

Gilles,

How does the ACE replace/improve on the functionality of the CSS/CSM? The information on Cisco's website is very buzzword oriented, and I need a real technical person's perspective.

I am currently using CSS's in multiple datacenters to both load-balance internally, and load-balance between datacenters for web accessible applications. How would I use the ACE to improve this service?

Regards,

--Brandon

[Gilles Dufour]

ACE offers up to 16G of throughput.

The on-board SSL functions are faster than those of the CSS and offers more possibilities.

ACE has many HTTP features the CSS does not have - like possibility to insert data in the http header or dynamic cookie stickyness.

You also get generic layer4 payload analysis which let's you do loadbalancing/stickyness of your own/personal protocols.

There are many other features that do not exist on the CSS.

Finally, ACE will support IPv6 in the future and the CSS won't.

Gilles.

[elawton1986]

Thank you for the info.

[ropethic]

please see the attached pdf outlining CSS/CSM/ACE feature comparison