❦ 16 février 2015 14:07 +0100, Klavs Klavsen <k...@vsen.dk> :

>> You use ECMP for load-balancing between different servers in a
>> single PoP/DC and anycast to route the request to the nearest PoP/DC.
>>
>
> As I understand wikipedia - it is discouraged to use ECMP for
> loadbalancing.. "Load balancing by per-packet multipath routing is
> generally deprecated due to the impact of rapidly changing latency,
> packet reordering.."

Most routers are unable to do per-packet load balancing (load balancing
is usually done in the slow path).
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