TCP load balancing

[tuxillo]

Hi!

According to the documentation the TCP load balancing will be connection based, I assume it's kind of a least connection algo or something similar. Is there any way to influence it besides just TCP connections?

Thanks.

[adleong]

Hi @tuxillo, Linkerd uses a load balancing algorithm called EWMA which takes connect latency into account to do weighted load balancing of connections.

[tuxillo]

Thanks @adleong but besides that there is really no way to influence it, right?

[adleong]

That's right.