Compression
Compression Performance
BIG-IP 6800 (v9.0.5)
4/7/2005
Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Environment
•Ixia 1600T chassis populated with 8 ALM1000T8
application load modules
•IxOS v3.80 and IxLoad v1.10 SP2 used to generate
test traffic
•External client and
internal server traffic
configuration: 4
Gigabit aggregated
and tagged twisted
pair
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Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
BIG-IP Configuration
From bigip.conf: From bigip_base.conf:
node * monitor icmp mgmt 5.5.5.81 {
profile http compression { netmask 255.255.255.0
compress enable
}
compress buffer size 65536
compress gzip memory level 32k trunk trunk1 {
(gzip level varies
from 1-9) compress gzip window size 64k interface 1.1 1.15 1.16 1.2
compress gzip level 1 }
compress cpu saver disable vlan internal_31 {
}
tag 31
pool pool_8080 {
monitor all tcp trunks tagged trunk1
member 30.30.30.1:webcache }
member 30.30.30.2:webcache vlan external_41 {
member 30.30.30.3:webcache tag 41
…
trunks tagged trunk1
member 30.30.30.32:webcache
} }
virtual vs_http_compress { stp instance 0 {
destination 40.40.40.202:http vlan external_41
ip protocol tcp vlan internal_31
profile compression tcp
trunk trunk1 external path cost 20000 internal path cost 20000
pool pool_8080
} }
self 30.30.30.254 {
netmask 255.255.0.0
vlan internal_31
}
self 40.40.40.254 {
netmask 255.255.0.0
vlan external_41
} 3
Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Parameters: CPU Utilization vs. Throughput
• 32 Ixia ALM1000T8 client ports
• 32 Ixia ALM1000T8 server ports
• 1000 users / concurrent connections
• Microsoft IE 5.x browser emulation
• HTTP 1.1 / 10 transactions per connection
• 44KB HTML request
• Gzip level varied from 1-9
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Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Results: CPU Utilization vs. Throughput (gzip levels 1-9)
CPU Utilization vs. Throughput
6800 - v905 build 59.7 - 4/7/2005
(requested file: 44k.htm )
100%
90%
80%
70%
gzip level 1
CPU Utilization (%)
60% gzip level 2
gzip level 3
50%
gzip level 4
40% gzip level 5
30% gzip level 6
gzip level 7
20%
gzip level 8
10% gzip level 9
0%
0.0 100.0 200.0 300.0 400.0 500.0 600.0
Server TX + Client TX (Precompressed Layer 7 Mbps)
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Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Results: CPU Utilization vs. Throughput
(Hardware compression and gzip levels 1-9)
CPU Utilization vs. Throughput
6800 - v905 build 59.7 - 4/7/2005
(requested file: 44k.htm)
100%
90%
80%
gzip level 1
70% gzip level 2
CPU Utilization (%)
60% gzip level 3
gzip level 4
50%
gzip level 5
40% gzip level 6
gzip level 7
30%
gzip level 8
20% gzip level 9
10% Hardware Comp
0%
0.0 200.0 400.0 600.0 800.0 1000.0 1200.0 1400.0 1600.0 1800.0
Server TX + Client TX (Precompressed Layer 7 Mbps)
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Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Results: Bytes saved by using compression*
Bytes Saved (Server Bytes Sent vs. Client Bytes Received)
6800 - v905 build 59.7 - 4/7/2005
(using 44k.htm)
1800.0
1581.6
1600.0
1400.0 Maximum Server TX:
Maximum Client RX:
1200.0
Layer 7 Mbps
1000.0
800.0
492.1
485.2
600.0
417.7
412.9
289.7
271.4
255.6
400.0
246.2
208.6
173.5
200.0
84.3
64.8
62.1
41.7
37.9
34.3
32.9
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Note: Unless interpreted properly, this data can be misleading. These tests were run using the “44k.htm” file
used in the tests shown on the previous slides. Results will vary based on the type, size and compressibility of
the file, gzip level and other factors. Use this chart for relative comparison between gzip levels only.
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Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Parameters: Concurrency
• 32 Ixia ALM1000T8 client ports
• 32 Ixia ALM1000T8 server ports
• 1000 users / concurrent connections
• Microsoft IE 5.x browser emulation
• HTTP 1.1 / unlimited transactions per connection
• 16KB HTML request
• Ramp-up rate = 96 new connections per second
• Concurrent connections established = 50,000
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Compression Performance: BIG-IP 6800 (V9.0.5)
Test Results: Concurrency
Compression Concurrency
6800 - v9.0.5 build 59.7 - 4/5/2005
(Requested file size = 16KB)
1600 25000
1400
20000
Response Time = Connect Time (ms) + TTLB (ms)
1200 Gzip Level 1 - Mbps
Hardware Compression - Mbps
Gzip Level 1 - Response Time
Precompressed Layer 7 Mbps
1000
Hardware Compression - Response Time 15000
800
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600
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Concurrent Connections
