It does nothing. You should not use Big to Load balance Citrix servers. It gets away from the whole published application/load balancing mechanism inherent to Citrix. BIG IP is used a lot in Large Citrix environments outside of the Citrix servers. Ron -----Original Message----- From: Matt McKeehan [mailto:matt.mckeehan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:25 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: BIG_IP and Metaframe XP Thanks. I just do not understand what this does for a 100+ server environment up and over a DC and/or a dedicated Data collector Matt Mckeehan DJS Citrix LAN Supervisor Admin Office of The PA Courts PA Supreme Court (717)795-2063 (717)554-4020 mobile -----Original Message----- From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:12 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: BIG_IP and Metaframe XP I use Big IP for external and internal IIS load balancing. Also use the 3-DNS for external website (nfuse) load balancing across data centers. But on the Citrix side... How would BIG IP know which server runs which apps... It wouldn't. Use the BIG IP for things other than the CTX servers them selves. Ron -----Original Message----- From: Matt McKeehan [mailto:matt.mckeehan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20 Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 10:45 AM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: BIG_IP and Metaframe XP I know in an RFP the consulting firm said that citrix recommended the big_ip to handle load balancing for the large server farm. I'm confused as well... Matt Mckeehan DJS Citrix LAN Supervisor Admin Office of The PA Courts PA Supreme Court (717)795-2063 (717)554-4020 mobile -----Original Message----- From: Joe Shonk [mailto:JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20 Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:43 AM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: BIG_IP and Metaframe XP Question: Why? Citrix handles load-balancing itself. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Matt McKeehan [mailto:matt.mckeehan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:40 AM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] BIG_IP and Metaframe XP Does anyone use a BIG_IP to redirect traffic to the citrix servers? How does this piece interact with the Data collector? Does any have any information or can they point me to information relating to BIG-IP and XP. 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