Configuring Weighted Load Balancing

With weighted load balancing, you can set the “weight” of the load, or amount of requests, being directed to a particular server. Weight values are integers 1–10, with 1 being low and 10 being a heavy load. Servers that can handle extra work can take heavy loads, while servers that are either less powerful or are being used in other capacities can take lower loads. You specify weighted load balancing by modifying the server values in the psserver property in the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture configuration.properties file, using the following format.

psserver=Host1:Port1#Wt,Host2:Port2#Wt

For example,

psserver=appserver1:9000#3,appserver2:9010#1

In this case, appserver1 would receive 3x more requests than appserver2.