>"it is actually more of a load-balance per-flow since each TCP session will stick to one route rather than individual packets going to different backend servers."
This strikes me as expensive, does this mean packets no longer pass through the ASIC only side of a router and thus the software in the router has to do some of the heavy lifting, thus limiting the capacity/throughout to a mere fraction of what the route is really capable of?
disclaimer: i have only a high-level overview of router tech
This strikes me as expensive, does this mean packets no longer pass through the ASIC only side of a router and thus the software in the router has to do some of the heavy lifting, thus limiting the capacity/throughout to a mere fraction of what the route is really capable of?
disclaimer: i have only a high-level overview of router tech