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lmiestc_26212
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Mar 13, 2018

Decompress a gzipped server response.

Hi all, I have a question about decompressing a gzipped server response. Looking at the irules wiki under global there is DECOMPRESS::enable (request | response) that was introduced in BIGIP-11.0.0 ...
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Stanislas_Piro2
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Mar 13, 2018

I will answer to your question with a question:

 

What is the benefit to waste server cpu time and increase latency on server side if you want to inspect http content on the F5?

 

In most cases, BIGIP and server are on a local network without bandwidth limitation. Enabling server compression won’t speed up the serverside connection, so it is recommended to disable it, even more if the F5 is also configure to enable clientside compression!