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scsp_177450
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Jan 08, 2015

HTTP vs HTTPS LB

Hi, I am wondering if there are any difference in the outcome of the distribution to members if I used the Least Connection (Members) method for HTTP vs HTTPS (SSL Bridged). In initial thoughts were ...
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James_Thomson_0
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Jan 12, 2015

The only difference I could envision would be if you were using a Standard virtual server with a configuration that would make it load balance individual HTTP requests (iRule, oneconnect) vs. just load balancing the L4 TCP connection.

 

If you use a virtual with type FastL4 (Performance Layer 4), then I wouldn't expect a difference.

 

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    scsp_177450
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    Jan 14, 2015
    Hi James, Are you saying with HTTP, there could be multiple requests and HTTPS will be a single connection? On top of that, with HTTP and one connect, each HTTP request will be be evaluated individually. Is that what you are saying? I