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Jason_19901
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Aug 15, 2013

Best Practice for moving from 6400 to 3900

Have two aging 6400 LTM and want to move to 3900's. What is the best way of doing this? The IP's will stay the same. If I back up the 6400 and recover on the 3900 would that work? Or will I have ...
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Arie
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Aug 15, 2013

Keep in mind that the OS is only getting heavier and requires more and more resources. If you're using more than a few modules you may paint yourself into a corner by downgrading to a 3xxx box.

 

We were recently informed by F5 that as of version 11.4 our 3600s will not be able to handle caching; it would require additional hardware. I'm still trying to track down the details on this as it was a passing remark made by an F5 sales rep.