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May 09, 2011

http stats and unrealistic "request size" results

from bigpipe shell

 

 

bp> http stats reset

 

 

count to 30

 

 

bp> http stats show

 

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| response size ( <1k, 1-4k, 4-16k, 16-32k, 32-64k, 64-128k, 128-512k, 512k-2M, >2M)

 

| (12613, 29018, 1877, 38, 198, 13, 13, 1, 170636)

 

...

 

 

this is simply not possible. the vast majority of our response payload is under 32K, in fact i could not think of any responses that our site generates which are that big.

 

 

is it possible that anything without a Content-Length: header gets lumped into that >2M bucket? if not, what else could be causing this discrepancy?

 

 

thanks!

 

  • I'm not sure what would cause this. Your guess seems plausible. You could test this by creating a separate HTTP profile and test virtual server which you set up against a web app that sends chunked responses to see. Or you could open a case with F5 Support on this.

     

     

    If you figure it out, can you post back here with the answer?

     

     

    Thanks, Aaron
  • you bet - having trouble getting registered for the askf5 stuff right now (the url they send to verify email address is broken... sigh)

     

     

  • You should be able to search the AskF5 solutions without credentials. To open a case you can email support@f5.com or call them via the numbers on www.f5.com/support.

     

     

    Aaron
  • just wanted to come back as i got an answer from f5 and here's what they had to say:

     

     

    "The HTTP Profile statistics are based on the Content-Length header. HTTP responses lacking a Content-Length header are counted in the 2MB+ bracket."
  • Thanks for posting that. It was a good educated guess on your part :)

     

     

    Aaron
  • Posted By Galaperidol on 05/20/2011 12:31 AM

     

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