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bknotwell_12713
Jul 27, 2005Historic F5 Account
Hi Alexandre--
Depending on your performance requirements and the load on your BIGIP, you might not need iControl at all. Specifically, you might just write a simple shell to gather metrics, make overload decisions, do remote (de)installs, and issue the appropriate bigpipe commands.
Now, in the context of iControl, you might use a separate machine (I might use the standby with the understanding that I'd lose my provisioning capability for a bit when failovers occur) do all the work above. iControl calls to the active box would be used to gather the metrics and change the BIGIP's configuration.
Finally, unless you're trying to minimize software license costs by temporary installations, I'd simplify the problem set slightly by removing the (de)installation requirements and just leaving the software always installed. Everything else remains the same.
Good luck!
--Brad