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Henrik_Noerr_36
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Jun 10, 2013

optimal config for an IP forwarding virtual server

Hi,   When I am reading the SOL7595 for best practices regarding IP forwarding VSs I get the impression that 'Loose close' should be enabled, helping to trim the connection table.   But in the ...
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Sep 23, 2013

My advice would be to keep it disabled. Turning this on only saves memory for a few seconds in most cases (it's just skipping the FIN ACK and FIN in most cases). As you suggested anyway, keep it disabled and only enable it if low memory due to high connections becomes an issue.