ACE Best Sticky Method for SSL Traffic

Hi, With ACE 4710 running serverfarms primarily running SSL traffic, what is the best method for configuring stickiness. Here are some parameters:
1) low volume sites, 2 real servers
2) ACE _will not_ do SSL offloading
3) Balancing HTTPS requests
4) Many versions of HTTP clients
5) Currently running ACE A1 code
I am thinking of:
1) TCP Header | HostID inspection
2) SSL-session ID (not good if re-key often though)
3) Any suggestions?
many thx,
WR

Hi Will,
You can see a comple configured example for your perusal in this regard for
Configure ACE Module for End to End SSL Termination
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_configuration_example09186a00809c6f37.shtml
And Many more here regarding
Data Center Application Services Configuration Examples:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Category:Data_Center_Application_Services_Configuration_Examples
Hope these configuration examples will be useful to you.
Sachin Garg

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