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Configure GSLB for proximity

September 14, 2021
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When you configure GSLB for proximity, client requests are forwarded to the closest data center. The main benefit of the proximity-based GSLB method is faster response times resulting from the selection of the closest available data center. Such a deployment is critical for applications that require fast access to large volumes of data.

You can configure GSLB for proximity based on the round trip time (RTT), static proximity, or a combination of the two.

Configure dynamic round trip time (RTT) method

Dynamic round trip time (RTT) is a measure of time or delay in the network between the client’s local DNS server and a data resource. To measure dynamic RTT, the Citrix ADC appliance probes the client’s local DNS server and gathers RTT metric information. The appliance then uses this metric to make its load balancing decision. Global server load balancing monitors the real-time status of the network and dynamically directs the client request to the data center with the lowest RTT value

To configure GSLB for proximity with dynamic method, you must first configure the basic GSLB set up and then configure dynamic RTT.

First create two GSLB sites, local and remote. Then, for the local site, create a GSLB virtual server and GSLB services and bind the services to the virtual server. Then create ADNS services and bind the domain for which you are configuring GSLB to the GSLB virtual server at the local site. Finally, create a load balancing virtual server with the same virtual server IP address as the GSLB service.

For details on how to configure a basic GSLB setup, see Configuring GSLB Entities Individually.

Once you have configured a basic GSLB setup, configure the dynamic RTT method.

For details on how to configure the GSLB virtual server to use the dynamic RTT method for load balancing, see Configuring Dynamic RTT.

Configure static proximity

The static proximity method for GSLB uses an IP address-based static proximity database to determine the proximity between the client’s local DNS server and the GSLB sites. The Citrix ADC appliance responds with the IP address of a site that best matches the proximity criteria.

If two or more GSLB sites at different geographic locations serve the same content, the Citrix ADC appliance maintains a database of IP address ranges and uses the database for decisions about the GSLB sites to which to direct incoming client requests.

To configure GSLB for proximity with static proximity, you must first configure the basic GSLB set up and then configure static proximity.

First create two GSLB sites, local and remote. Then, for the local site, create a GSLB virtual server and GSLB services and bind the services to the virtual server. Then create ADNS services and bind the domain for which you are configuring GSLB to the GSLB virtual server at the local site. Finally, create a load balancing virtual server with the same virtual server IP address as the GSLB service.

For details on how to configure a basic GSLB setup, see Configuring GSLB Entities Individually.

Once you have configured a basic GSLB setup, configure static proximity.

For details on how to configure the GSLB virtual server to use static proximity for load balancing, see Configuring Static Proximity.

Configure static proximity and dynamic RTT

You can configure the GSLB virtual server to use a combination of static proximity and dynamic RTT when you have some clients coming from an internal network like a branch office. You can configure GSLB such that the clients coming from the branch office or any other internal network are directed to a particular GSLB site that is geographically close to the client network. For all other requests, you can use dynamic RTT.

First create two GSLB sites, local and remote. Then, for the local site, create a GSLB virtual server and GSLB services and bind the services to the virtual server. Then create ADNS services and bind the domain for which you are configuring GSLB to the GSLB virtual server at the local site. Finally, create a load balancing virtual server with the same virtual server IP address as the GSLB service.

For details on how to configure a basic GSLB setup, see Configuring GSLB Entities Individually.

Once you have configured a basic GSLB setup, configure the GSLB virtual server to use static proximity for all traffic originating from an internal network and then use dynamic RTT for all other traffic.

For details on how to configure static proximity, see Configuring Static Proximity and for details on how to configure dynamic RTT, see Configuring Dynamic RTT.

Configure GSLB for proximity
September 14, 2021
Contributed by: 
S
September 14, 2021
Contributed by: 
S

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