F5 Certified Administrator BIG-IP — Question 1

The BIG-IP Administrator needs to load balance a pool of web servers. Load balancing should consider the number of connections that are active on that pool member.
Which load balancing method meets this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Ratio (node)
• B. Round Robin
• C. Least Connections (member)
• D. Ratio (member)

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Least Connections (member), as it specifically balances traffic based on the number of active connections on each pool member, ensuring that servers with fewer connections receive more traffic. The other methods, such as Round Robin and Ratio (node/member), do not take the current connection counts into account, which may lead to uneven distribution of load among the servers.