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strongarm_46960
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Nov 06, 2008

increasing HTTPS Perf with no LB

Since I only have one HTTPS backend server, thus no need to LB. Although I do use ASM, use compression , and cache, & iRules to stream, is there any problem using “Forwarding (IP)” or “Performance (HTTP)” type of VS (instead of the standard) inorder to gain performance advantage?
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    Jessed12345
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    Nov 07, 2008

     

     

    ASM is only compatible with standard mode virtual servers; IP forwarding routes the packets rather than handing them off for additional processing. The effect of Performance HTTP will depend heavily on your traffic profile and application, so I cannot really comment on it. ASM performs significantly more processing than a standard VIP. Given that, inefficient iRules could have more of an impact that using the HTTP Performance profile. Without knowing more about your environment or volume of traffic I cannot comment further.

     

     

    Are you having performance problems, or just trying to optimize as much as possible?

     

     

     

    --jesse