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Laurent_P_
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Aug 06, 2007

Performance impact of HTTP::respond

Hi,     We have a customer requesting ability to limite the rate of HTTP request. The iRule which has been developed answers with HTTP::respond 501 when the maximum rate is reached.   Testin...
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hoolio
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Aug 06, 2007
Hi Laurent,

 

 

Could you post the rule? What kind of connection rates are you seeing the rule response quickly for? What number of client/connection counts is the rule tracking? At what connection level does the rule start to introduce latency? Is TMM CPU usage climbing high?

 

 

Aaron