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jcrua_40820
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Nov 09, 2011irule vs. default pool
BIG-IP 9.3.1 Build 74.0
I have an irule applied to a vip that says this: when HTTP_REQUEST { use pool proxy_7105 } - basically, sending all requests to...
Michael_Yates
Nimbostratus
Nov 09, 2011Hi jcrua,
A server pool is the default way to send incoming traffic from a Virtual Server to a server pool. You can use iRules and Default Pools together, or just iRules.
If you are going to use the default pool alone then the entire content of the Application needs to come from the servers in the Default pool. If there is some other content on the website on a different set of servers, then you can use the Default Application Pool and iRules together.
This is normally referred to as "traffic shaping" which will allow for distributed content to be gathered from different sets of servers and the behavior is:
1) Redirected traffic from the iRule 1st
2) Any traffic not matching a condition within an iRule will be sent to the Default Server pool applied to the Virtual Server.
Hope this helps.
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