What is Load Multiplier?
The load multiplier is a weighting factor that controls how Scalelite distributes meetings across servers. It allows you to send more traffic to powerful servers and less to weaker ones.
How It Works
Scalelite calculates a server's "effective load" using this formula:
Effective Load = (Current Meetings) / (Load Multiplier)
The server with the lowest effective load receives the next meeting.
Configuration Interface
Common Configurations
Use Cases
1. Different Server Capacities
If you have servers with varying specs:
- 32-core server: Set multiplier to 2.0x
- 16-core server: Set multiplier to 1.0x
- 8-core server: Set multiplier to 0.5x
2. Testing New Servers
When adding a new server, start with 0.5x to limit traffic while monitoring stability.
3. Gradual Decommissioning
Before removing a server, reduce multiplier to 0.1x to drain existing meetings gradually.
Match load multipliers to actual server capacity (CPU cores, RAM) for optimal distribution. A server with 2x the resources should have 2x the multiplier.
Setting a multiplier too high can overload a server. Monitor CPU and memory after changes.
Steps to Configure
- Navigate to Servers
- Click on the server you want to configure
- Find the Load Multiplier slider
- Adjust to desired value
- Click Save
Changes take effect immediately for new meetings.