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satish_txt_2254
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Apr 30, 2017

tcp_tw_recycle with SNAT

We have very high volume of TIME_WAIT and we are planning to use tcp_tw_recycle TCP setting on Apache Web server so we trash connection faster but many folks saying it will create issue with ...
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JG
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May 01, 2017

Not directly answering your question, but I'd think the best approach might be to find out why you have so many connections in this state in the first place. More often than not, it is the Apache server that is configured to disable HTTP "KeepAlive" by default that is the cause of this phenomenon. Enabling "KeepAlive", together with a OneConnect profile for the virtual server on the F5, would see the problem go away.