Hi!
> The incoming packets pass thru haproxy, but my backend web servers > respond directly to client, instead of send to haproxy and then to client? This is by definition not possible when you are working at layer 7 (or even when you just terminating TCP). Use layer 4 load balancers, like Linux' LVS for "direct route". > I think that if the haproxy could be a bottleneck if all packets > returned thru him. I wouldn't be so sure about that. What kind of traffic patterns do you have? Numbers of 20Gbps+ are possible on a properly tuned machine. Regards, Lukas