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niran_242749
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Jan 09, 2016

How many sessions will be created for a single user browsing multiple websites and what is the size of log of single user?

I am new to CGNAT and I want to know whether its performance is giid enough to meet my criteria.  
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ccb
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Jan 11, 2016

Hi Niran,

 

Log file sizes depend on the type of translation mode you implement. With F5 CGNAT you can use NAPT, DNAT, PBA and PCP to name a few. NAPT generates a lot of logs, PBA less and DNAT the least. All logs should be stored off the F5 device for auditing purposes as the best practices approach. Normally all F5 logs should be sent to a remote syslog server.

 

Also with regards to your session questions this will once again depend on the translation mode you chose. I'd suggest consulting this doc to bring you up to speed what the F5 can do.

 

https://support.f5.com/content/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/cgn-implementations-12-0-0/_jcr_content/pdfAttach/download/file.res/BIG-IP_CGNAT__Implementations.pdf