Forum Discussion
What_Lies_Bene1
Feb 01, 2013Cirrostratus
I would use four pools because;
1) 5 IPs should easily cover 200k connections (or even sessions)
2) You can then identify on the real servers or the BIG-IP which VIP a connection came through, making troubleshooting a little bit easier
A single pool obviously offers the most flexibility (say you wanted to preserve client source ports) and scale (1m+ connections) but I'd still prefer the four and you can always move addresses between them should the need ever arise.