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Sero_83363
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Feb 14, 2013

Client and Server Profiles

Hi

 

Would someone be able to confirm\clarify the following?

 

If the clients are connecting over a WAN connection it makes sense to

 

use the tcp-wan-optimized profile on the client side. If the

 

servers are on the same LAN segment as the F5 then it makes sense to

 

configure the "server" side as tcp-lan-optimized?

 

 

Then if I do this (and customise the profiles) I guess any

 

idle timouts or keepalive configurations should match on both

 

the client and server profiles?

 

(Otherwise the client connection could idle timeout before

 

the server side does or visa versa)?

 

Thanks,

 

 

Sero

 

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new to f5

2 Replies

  • What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
    What_Lies_Bene1
    Icon for Cirrostratus rankCirrostratus
    Feb 14, 2013
    The answer will depend on what type of traffic the VS is handling really. The timeout values don't need to match thanks to the full proxy but you'd normally have a longer timeout client side as it's this side that may generate errors if connections are dropped. If you want to minimise server-side connections (especially if going through an underpowered firewall (F5 can help you there too - Lol)) OneConnect is a good option too.
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
    Icon for Employee rankEmployee
    Feb 14, 2013
    this is about idle timeout.

     

     

    Where the idle timeouts of the client and server TCP profiles differ, the longer timeout determines when a connection is eligible for deletion.sol7606:Overview of BIG-IP idle session timeouts

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/600/sol7606.html