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Jason_Keating
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Oct 05, 2010

iRule as a Test Tool (hey that rhymes!)

Has anyone ever used iRules for test tools?       I'm faced with standing up a bunch of web servers to handle break tests for a client system, but a colleague asked the question if the LT...
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George_Watkins_
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Oct 05, 2010
We've had a few questions along these lines and the short answer is no. iRules were never intended to be a testing tool. If you were to put an iRule in a tight loop for testing purposes, TMM instance will be restarted after it is unable to answer heartbeats. I am a big opensource advocate and as such have had great success with httperf. You can really beat a web server up with it. Here is the project page: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/

 

 

If you want a fun read on this topic, check out this post: http://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/afv/topic/aft/1174147/aff/5/showtab/groupforums/Default.aspx

 

 

There was quite a bit of dialog on how to exercise TMM via iRules. Hope this helps,

 

 

George