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Multipath Rules vs Static Routing (Policy Routes) ?

Dear Experts,

We have 3x Internet access lines using Uplink Balancing.

We are using services for online file storage accessed by WebDAV (HTTPS) mostly.

I want do force all the traffic on HTTPS to destination i.e. "PROVIDER.com" to go over our dedicated line (same upload and download), let's call it "line1".

What is the best strategy in performance regarding the Astaro overload? And what is the difference in between?:

a) using Interfaces&Routing > Static Routing > Policy Rules (Any>Any>HTTPS>provider.com>interface "line1")

or

b) using Interfaces&Routing > Interfaces > Multipath Rules (Any>HTTPS>provider.com>line1)

Thank you in advance!
Uwe

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0 da_merlin over 12 years ago

Yes you should go with the Multipath rule.

Policy routes only makes sense if you want no failover, e.g. always force traffic over the configured interface even if its not available.

Note: Multipath rules with unavailable interfaces are skipped, so you can have have two identical Multipath rules with different bound interfaces. Depending on the priority and availability of the interfaces, traffic will be routed over the first or second interface.

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Ulrich
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0 da_merlin over 12 years ago

Yes you should go with the Multipath rule.

Policy routes only makes sense if you want no failover, e.g. always force traffic over the configured interface even if its not available.

Note: Multipath rules with unavailable interfaces are skipped, so you can have have two identical Multipath rules with different bound interfaces. Depending on the priority and availability of the interfaces, traffic will be routed over the first or second interface.

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Ulrich
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