On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:13:40PM -0500, Shaw, Christopher wrote: > We are using the "mstshash" cookie, as opposed to the "msts" cookie. Is > there a difference in functionality between those two cookies? Is there > one we should be using over the other?
Yes, mstshash contains the user name, which can only be used as a load balancing method. If the size of the server farm changes (eg: change in weight or in number of servers UP), the load balancing will change. The msts cookie contains the server's IP address, which can be used as a persistence method, whatever the number of servers, because haproxy is able to spot the correct server based on the cookie. Regards, Willy
