Load Balancing – Token Method

Load balancing uses a number of algorithms, called load balancing methods, to determine how to distribute the load among the servers. When a Load balancer is configured to use the token method, it selects a server based on the value of a token extracted from the client request. You can configure the location and size of the token. For subsequent requests with the same token,the load balancer chooses the same server that handled the initial request. As you can imagine, this provides a level of persistence for the client requests.

The following example shows how a Load Balancer works using the token method:

• Requests with “AA” in the URL are sent to Server-1.
• Requests with “BB” in the URL are sent to Server-2.
• Requests with “CC” in the URL are sent to Server-3.

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