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David_Chen_2112
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusHow to switch from layer 7 to layer 4?
We would like to use http header (which requires layer 7) to decide which server to connect to, then use layer 4 for the connection so that we get the benefit of performance and lower mirroring overhe...
David_Chen_2112Nimbostratus
NimbostratusThanks for your repsonse, Colin.
The issue is that we cannot pick layer 4 for the virtual server because we need to do the http header inspection. And when it is not at layer 4, there appears to be a lot more overhead if mirroring to the secondary F5 box is enabled. It is that overhead that we are concerned about.
