Load Balancing Algorithms

How traffic is distributed across Backend Services and the settings that affect the choice of algorithm.

• Which load balancing algorithms are supported?LB-05-001
• What is the default algorithm?LB-05-002
• Which algorithm should I choose; is there a decision guide?LB-05-003
• What is the difference between Round Robin and Weighted Round Robin?LB-05-004
• When is Least Connection better than Round Robin?LB-05-005
• How do I distribute load proportionally across servers with different capacities?LB-05-006
• How do Least Response Time and Least Bandwidth work; why do they sometimes behave like Least Connection?LB-05-007
• What is the First algorithm used for?LB-05-008
• Does the Random algorithm have any practical benefit?LB-05-009
• Can the Source algorithm be used instead of persistence?LB-05-010
• Which algorithm is recommended for database connections?LB-05-011
• What is the RDP Cookie algorithm?LB-05-012
• Why is traffic not distributed evenly across the servers?LB-05-013
• All users coming from behind a corporate NAT go to a single server; why?LB-05-014
• What are the URI, URL Param and HDR algorithms for; in which scenario are they used?LB-05-015
• What do the entries marked "(Self-persistent)" in the algorithm list mean?LB-05-016
• What does the Hash Consistency option do in hash-based algorithms?LB-05-017