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Willian_Guilher
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Mar 13, 2015

Web Acceleration vs Ram Cache

I am trying to understand what is the key difference between the Web Acceleration (Cache) and Ram Cache on the BIG-IP. I am reading the concepts of both, and they are pretty much the same. One of the...
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Willian_Guilher
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Mar 13, 2015

That's what I am trying to understand. The 301a Blueprint mention both features as they are independent; however, the definition is the same for both according to my understand. I just want to check if I am missing something regarding these features.

 

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    nathe
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    Mar 13, 2015
    i think underlying it's still RAM Cache but now a Web Acceleration profile controls this, not a RAM Cache setting. Although the ramcache command works in tmsh (show ltm profile ramcache).