[Serusers] About a SIP load balancing document involving SER

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

2008/10/15 Martin Hoffmann <hn at nvnc.de>:
> Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:
>>
>> So in conclusion we are speaking about an IP based load balancer, and not
>> about a SIP load balancer. Also we are playing with IP level exotic technics
>> (various hosts sharing the same IP).
>> So the above scenario would be valid for any UDP protocol, not just SIP.
>
> The load balancer does need to be aware of SIP. For this to work, it
> needs to send all requests for a transaction to the same proxy. If the
> proxies are session-aware, it even needs to send all requests for a
> dialog to the same proxy.
>
> But you are right, this device is not a SIP element. Which in a way is,
> why I like it ;)

Ok, completely understood now :)
Thanks.


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Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc at aliax.net>