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hoolio
Cirrostratus
Cirrostratusmatchclass versus class in v10 for address comparisons?
Is there any advantage to using class match versus matchclass to evaluate an IP address against an address type datagroup?
Here is a simple iRule I used to test class/matchclass for an IP aga...
And the gains only get bigger and more stark the deeper into the construct the match occurs. For instance, a switch with 500 entries is slightly slower than a class when the match is the 5th or 10th item in the switch. When it's the 498th, the difference is even more apparent. This goes double for things like if/else chains.
Colin
