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Chris_Huston_16
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Mar 29, 2011

iRule performs 100x slower under load

Hello,   I have an iRule (BIGIP v9.4.8) whose HTTP_REQUEST timing performance drops by 100x when under load. How can I diagnose what's happening? Under what conditions can an iRule slow down (in t...
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spark_86682
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Apr 04, 2011
One little bit of possible good news is that reportedly the slowness problem is limited to the iRule command, and that you might see a performance increase if you can configure cookie encryption in the HTTP profile itself. I haven't tested this myself, but that's what I'm told.