On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:22:16PM -0700, jacob c wrote:
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> We have a device that talks to a server through a load balancer.
> The load balancer is a full proxy. When this intermittent problem
> happens, the only difference I see between a good trace and a "bad"
> trace/transaction is multiple FIN packets sent from the load
> balancer before the transaction is complete. These are not being
> forward form the webserver on the backend. In this example, these
> packets are 257 - 263. Any insight as to what is causing them would
> be helpful.
It looks like your load balancer has a session timeout on the client
side. What kind of load balancer do you use? Have a look at all the
settings, especially to any tcp settings.
> I have attached the trace in text format.
Next time, please provide a trace in binary format, they are usually
about the same size as the text format, but give a whole lot more
information. And it makes helping you a lot easier, as we can use
our favorite tool to read it :-)
Cheers,
Sake
