On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Luis Silva <luisfilsi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, > > I'm trying to use HAProxy to load balance based on the source address. > > backend bk_ws > balance source > > option httpchk GET / > server wsc1 10.174.82.15:8001 maxconn 30000 weight 10 check port 8001 > inter 60s fall 1 > server wsc2 10.174.82.16:8051 maxconn 30000 weight 10 check port 8051 > inter 60s fall 1 > > I'm sending the request from 3 different sources, but all of them are > being sent to the first server. Both servers are up. > > > My guess is that you're just getting unlucky. Since your sample size is so small, it's quite possible that all 3 source addresses end up hashed to the same server. At most, you could expect up to 1 of the 3 source IPs to be on server "one" and the other 2 on server "two". The hashes are not fair when the input cardinality is so small. -Bryan
