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Naman_65674
Nimbostratus
Feb 24, 2009iRule Vs HTTP Classes
Hi,
We currently have a block of code in an iRule which sends traffic to different pools based on the uri using dataclasses. We want to move to using HTTP Classes but first would like t...
hoolio
Cirrostratus
Feb 24, 2009Hi Naman,
I've been told that HTTP classes are an optimized implementation of the iRule logic. I wouldn't expect significant gains over a well written iRule though. Perhaps someone could give you tips here or in the Performance Testing section (Click here).
There aren't any hard set limits on the number of HTTP classes you can use or how many entries you can have in a datagroup. It's dependent on system resources. You could try doing performance testing with a number that is much larger than what you expect to actually use.
Aaron
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