server.
l Response load balancing - dispatches the highest percentage of requests to the server with the shortest
response time. Equalizer does this carefully: if Equalizer sends too many requests to a server, the result
can be an overloaded server with slower response time. The fastest response policy optimizes the cluster-
wide response time. The fastest response policy also checks the number of active connections and server
agent values (if configured); but both of these have less of an influence than they do under the adaptive load
balancing policy. For example, if a server’s active connection count and server agent values are high,
Equalizer might not dispatch new requests to that server even if that server’s response time is the fastest in
the cluster.
l Least Cxns (least connections) load balancing - dispatches the highest percentage of requests to the
server with the least number of active connections. In the same way as Fastest Response, Equalizer tries
to avoid overloading the server so it checks the server’s response time and server agent value. Least
Connections optimizes the balance of connections to servers in the cluster.
l Server Agent load balancing - dispatches the highest percentage of requests to the server with the lowest
server agent value. In a similar way to Fastest Response, Equalizer tries to avoid overloading the server by
checking the number of connections and response time. This method only works if the server agents are
running on every server instance in the server pool.
l Custom load balancing - If custom is selected, you can adjust the load balancing policy parameters:
o
Delay weight The relative influence on the policy of the current response time between
Equalizer and the server.
o
Active Connections Weight - The relative influence on the policy of the number of active
connections currently open to a server
o
Agent Weight- The relative influence on the policy of the return value of a server agent (if any)
running on the servers in the cluster.
o
VM CPU - For servers that are associated with VMware Virtual Machines, the relative
influence on the policy of the VM CPU usage status returned by VMware. Displayed only if
VLB Advanced is licensed and VLB is enabled for this cluster
o
VM RAM - For servers that are associated with VMware Virtual Machines, the relative
influence on the policy of the VM RAM usage status returned by VMware. Displayed only if
VLB Advanced is licensed and VLB is enabled for this cluster.
Equalizer’s Load Balancing Response Settings
The Responsiveness setting controls how aggressively Equalizer adjusts the servers’ dynamic weights.
Equalizer provides five response settings: Slowest, Slow, Medium, Fast, and Fastest. The response setting
affects the dynamic weight spread, weight spread coefficient, and optimization threshold that Equalizer uses when
it performs adaptive load balancing:
l Dynamic Weight Spread indicates how far a server’s dynamic weight can vary (or
spread
) from its initial
weight.
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