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dubdub
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Jun 15, 2011

iRule to intercept traffic and then send on to original pool

Hi all,     I refuse to believe this is impossible, so I just need some advice on how to make it happen!     I am trying to create an iRule to intercept certain requests for additional pro...
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JRahm
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Jun 20, 2011
Just a note on optimizations...I was curious about the efficiency of $static::debug != 0 versus $static::debug == 1 versus just $static::debug...here's how it worked out in my testing:


1. 37166 cycles on average over 5000 requests from (ab -n 5000 -c 25 http://172.16.101.85/) 
if { $static::debug != 0 } {} 
2. 34341 cycles on average over 5000 requests from (ab -n 5000 -c 25 http://172.16.101.85/) if { $static::debug == 1 } {} 3. 29034 cycles on average over 5000 requests from (ab -n 5000 -c 25 http://172.16.101.85/): 
if { $static::debug } {}

A 21.9% savings by using the 3rd option as opposed to the 1st!