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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
John R. Hughes, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric Hammerle, Seattle, WA (US);
John R. Hughes, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric Hammerle, Seattle, WA (US);
F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for optimizing use of idle server connections comprises receiving, at a first network traffic management device of a cluster, a request from a client device to access a server. The first network traffic management device reserve an idle flow connection from an idle connection pool previously established between at least a second network traffic management device and the server. A flow cookie is retrieved from the second network traffic management device. The flow cookie comprises routing information associated with the retrieved idle flow connection, whereby the flow cookie is modified to represent the connection between the server and the first network traffic management device. The updated flow cookie is incorporated into the received request and forwarded to the server, wherein a server response contains the updated flow cookie such that the response is received by the first network traffic management device.