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IT
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Mar 13, 2013

F5 LTM : performance graph analysis

Hi,

 

My company uses F5 LTM 10.2.0, it is used to manage HTTP and HTTPS traffic between our clients and our webservers.

 

Can somebody help me to analyze the graph (attachement : incident-prod-13-03-2013-f5.jpg)?

 

Questions :

 

- Is server-side throughput = traffic between F5 and our webservers?

 

- I don't understand why "server bits out" and "client bits out" graphs are so different between 13:30 and 15:00..

 

Any help is welcome :)

 

Regards,

 

Miguel

 

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5 Replies

  • Mike_Maher's avatar
    Mike_Maher
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    Mar 13, 2013
    Do you have anything in your HTTP profile like compression that could affect the traffic as it passes through the LTM?

     

     

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    Mike_Maher
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    Mar 13, 2013
    Also to answer your first question I think that server side is actually client to F5 being that the F5 would be the "server" in that case and in the F5 to web server case it would be the "client". I am not 100% sure I am correct on that interpretation so someone please feel to correct me.
  • IT's avatar
    IT
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    Mar 13, 2013
    Thanks for your quick answer!

     

    We use a custom HTTP profile with gzip compression (Least compression), almost all other settings are default.
  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Mar 13, 2013
    Is server-side throughput = traffic between F5 and our webservers?i believe so.

     

     

    sol9077: Overview of BIG-IP traffic flow

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/000/sol9077.html
  • IT's avatar
    IT
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    Mar 15, 2013

    Thanks! better understanding of traffic flow now!