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Re: [lvs-users] Connections are "clumped" together on real_server failur

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] Connections are "clumped" together on real_server failure
From: Malcolm Turnbull <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:37:49 +0100
Jay,

Try switching from WLC to WRR? (I'm guessing that you are using WLC).



2009/6/25 Jay Faulkner <jay.faulkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hey guys,
>
> We've been noticing some really strange behavior with keepalived/LVS when a 
> real_server fails. The behavior we see is that when a r_s fails, all the 
> persistent connections on that server fall over to a single server.
>
> For example:
>
> Server 1 - 25000 active conn. - 1500 inactive conn.
> Server 2 - 35000 active conn. - 1000 inactive conn.
> Server 3 - 20000 active conn. - 500 inactive conn.
>
> Server 2 fails. Instead of seeing all the traffic split between the remaining 
> real_servers, we see it all clump over to the same server
>
> Server 1 - 25000 active conn. - 1500 inactive conn.
> Server 2 - failed
> Server 3 - 55000 active conn. - 1500 inactive conn.
>
> Now, server 3 falls over and dies due to having too many connections on it 
> and becoming overloaded.
>
> We've seen this behavior consistently in all of our keepalived installations 
> (20 servers or so? Median of about 20 virtual_servers each), and I was 
> curious if this is configurable behavior, or even expected.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jason Faulkner
> Linux Engineer, Rackspace Email & Apps
> jason.faulkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jason.faulkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> o: (540) 443-2101 (ex. 505-2101)
>
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Regards,

Malcolm Turnbull.

Loadbalancer.org Ltd.
Phone: +44 (0)870 443 8779
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