> On Nov 21, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Lerner, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > Leif, > > Thanks for all the great thoughts. Note that this configuration is > experimental so we anticipate change and learning as we fine tune things. > > Responses to your key queries: > > · We use F5 for SLB and we are aware of its limitations > · We haven’t tried the L3 round robin approach but understand its > value > · We have yet to decide if we do or don’t like backplane ATS traffic > vs just load balancing with L7 hashed URLs inline and having little backplane > traffic > > Give us some time to experiment- we can’t do anything during the retail > season time so we are trying various options with tiny traffic and in Jan we > hope to know enough to go for heavy traffic.
Fully understand! The fact that you guys are sharing your designs/architecture and ideas around how to use ATS best is of great value to the community. Cheers, — leif
