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igor_
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Dec 22, 2023

F5 TCP Proxy mode

Hi all, I am trying to mimic some settings from HAProxy and migrate them to F5. In HAProxy we have what is called TCP proxy mode where HAProxy doesn't terminate SSL connection but just connects the...
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    Daniel_Wolf
    Dec 23, 2023

    Hi igor_,

    if you don't need SSL Offloading, iRules, HTTP profiles, L7-based persistence - why not use the Virtual Server type Performance (Layer 4) instead of type Standard?

    Read:

    Specially this "Using the FastL4 profile can increase virtual server performance and throughput for supported platforms by using the embedded Packet Velocity Acceleration (ePVA) chip to accelerate traffic." makes it a good choice for pure L4 loadbalancing.

    KR
    Daniel

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Daniel_Wolf
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Dec 23, 2023

Hi igor_,

if you don't need SSL Offloading, iRules, HTTP profiles, L7-based persistence - why not use the Virtual Server type Performance (Layer 4) instead of type Standard?

Read:

Specially this "Using the FastL4 profile can increase virtual server performance and throughput for supported platforms by using the embedded Packet Velocity Acceleration (ePVA) chip to accelerate traffic." makes it a good choice for pure L4 loadbalancing.

KR
Daniel