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Direct Routing (DR)
What is Direct Routing?
Direct Routing (DR) is a layer 4 load balancing method that directly routes request packets to backend servers by rewriting the destination MAC address of data frames and retransmitting them.
It offers the best scalability and performance owing to the fact that the server responds directly to the client, not via the load balancer, and the fact that MAC address rewriting has a low overhead.
Further Reading
Manual:For frame of reference, see our admin manual
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Blog:Load balancing DR benefits over NAT
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Blog:Direct Routing - How to solve the ARP problem on Windows Server 2016
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