[SR-Users] LCR weight parameter

Juha Heinanen jh at tutpro.com
Tue Nov 22 14:30:30 CET 2011


Fabian Borot writes:

> The help file for versions 3.1 and 3.2 also says "randomized weight",
> does it really work on those versions?

yes it does.

> or do you mean the "priority" column on the "lcr_rule_target" table
> instead?

yes.

> This may be a dumb question but since I don't get it I have to ask:
> what is the purpose of the weight value then?

for example, you could have more than one gw serving the same
destinations, but their capacity is different.  by using weights, you
can load balance calls to those gws so that each gets a portion of the
calls that matches its capacity.

-- juha



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