Load Balancer terminology question

[akshatp]

What is it called when an LB is set up so that when a user is directed to the same server on a LB when he/she refreshes.

For example, I request a page at http://www.yoursite.com and it serves up the request from the server WS1. When I refresh, no matter how many times I alays get served from WS1. There is a term for this kind of setup as opposed to getting served from a new random server each time the user refreshes.

 

[MichaelD]

Static load balancing? Assigned load balancing (i.e. certain pages are "homed" to certain servers)?

Well...I tried.

 

[akshatp]

No.. there is a specific term for it. Nice try though

And im not talking about certian pages on specific servers. I am talking about all the servers in the farm having the same content

 

[AMCRambler]

Persistence? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_(computing)

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Persistence? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_(computing)

Thats the one! Thanks!