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Steve_Warren_89
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Jan 15, 2009

iRule question for capturing simple VIP TCP stats

I am just getting started with iRules and have what I hope is a basic question. We need to report, on a daily basis, the total amount and maximum number of TCP connections established on one Virtual ...
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Steve_Warren_89
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Jan 22, 2009
Colin,

 

 

Thanks for the tip. It helped get me started.

 

 

The TOTAL connections statistic was very easy to set up. The next challenge for me (not a programmer by trade) is to gather the MAXIMUM connection statistic. Our NOC personnel need to create a daily report on the TOTAL number of connections as well as the 'high water mark', or MAXIMUM number of connections. We know that each of the servers in a 4 node pool can handle about 1,000 connections before the app starts to suffer. Our customer wants to know the MAX number on a daily basis.

 

 

The NOC personnel will be able to live with retrieving and resetting the STAT profile using the GUI on a daily basis but I would like to eventually code it to write the stats to a log should they forget.

 

 

Thanks again,

 

Steve