A Citrix Administrator configured a load-balancing virtual server to utilize the least bandwidth load-balancing method. A service attached to this virtual server is brought into the effective state during production hours.
During the startup of a virtual server, which load-balancing method is used by default?
When a virtual server starts up, Citrix ADC (formerly known as NetScaler) employs the round-robin method by default in what is known as the Slow Start Mode. This ensures an even distribution of requests across available services until the load on each service can be accurately assessed. Although there are various load-balancing methods like least connections, least bandwidth, and custom load, the round-robin method is typically used during initial startup to prevent overloading any single service.
"Least connections" is the correct answer.
Indeed it is. This article says LEASTCONNECTION is This is the default load balancing algorithm. https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/current-release/load-balancing/load-balancing-customizing-algorithms.html
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX108886/netscaler-load-balancing-slow-start-mode Slow start mode
A seems correct. "The virtual server on a NetScaler appliance gets into a Slow Start mode or a Startup Round Robin mode whenever a new service is enabled or a new service is added to the farm." https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX108886/netscaler-load-balancing-slow-start-mode
"The virtual server on a NetScaler appliance gets into a Slow Start mode or a Startup Round Robin mode whenever a new service is enabled or a new service is added to the farm." https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX108886/netscaler-load-balancing-slow-start-mode
I think the question is not correct or miss written. "A Citrix Administrator configured a load-balancing virtual server to utilize the least bandwidth load-balancing method. A service attached to this virtual server is brought into the effective state during production hours." The first statement talks about starting another SERVICE while the virtual load balancer is already up. In that case, it's slow start mode with Round Robin. "During the startup of a virtual server, which load-balancing method is used by default?" That statement talks about a virtual load balancer that is started from a down state, but has nothing to do with the first statement. How can I bring a service into an effective state when the whole virtual load balancer is about to start? Doesn't make sense to me, but I think the whole question is about the knowledge of slow start mode and for this A.