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Alan_Evans_1020
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Jul 30, 2010

Role of F5 and iRules (to iRule or not to iRule)

Disclaimer: I realize this post is inflammatory and may spark a lot of debate. That is my intent.     I have been working with F5s and iRules for more than 2 years now. While F5 devices can do...
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JRahm
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Aug 05, 2010
Alan, we hosted our DevCentral MVPs at the F5 Summit in Chicago earlier this week. After we wrapped our agenda for the day, the MVPs, a few F5 FSEs, the DevCentral team, and a couple core developers tackled your question in roundtable format. We'll get the video processed early next week and I'll post the link here. I hope it answers your questions.

 

 

Chris, that's a very thoughful response and you make some very good points. It's tough to make blanket statements that iRules are good/bad or right/wrong. It al boils down to knowing the tools you have at your disposal and making an informed decision.