The TCP Proxy Buffer
The proxy buffer is probably the least intuitive of the three TCP buffer sizes that you can configure in F5's TCP Optimization offering. Today I'll describe what it does, and how to set the...
Published Nov 22, 2016
Version 1.0Martin_Duke
I work in the Office of the CTO on both F5's standards engagement process in general, and specifically on the application of transport-layer innovation to F5's product line. F5 sponsors my service as Transport Area Director at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), where I help to administer standards development worldwide.Ret. Employee
Martin_Duke
I work in the Office of the CTO on both F5's standards engagement process in general, and specifically on the application of transport-layer innovation to F5's product line. F5 sponsors my service as Transport Area Director at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), where I help to administer standards development worldwide.Ret. Employee
dragonflymr
Cirrostratus
May 17, 2017Hi,
Thanks for reply. So when data flow from Proxy Buffer to Send Buffer stops? From some other articles I was under impression that Send Buffer only contains data that was send to the client but unacknowledged - is that not true?
Is Send Buffer filled with both send/unacknowledged data and data not send at all?
Nagle usage in this question was only attempt to simplify data flow :-), so I am more interested how and when data is passed from Proxy to Send Buffer.
Piotr