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I have some global rewrites that get about 1K hits per minute, and it hardly made a difference in the RAM and CPU usage.  I was basically receiving hits to a URL that didn't exist on the app, and give a 200 response to redirect the user to a different URL.

Imagine someone on TV making a mistake saying go to (www.something.com/wrongpath) and people start hitting that URL because it's what this !@#$ just said.  I had to jump on the netscaler and do a rewrite to send them to the correct URL.

Those hits were huge spike, but CPU and RAM did not get affected much.

JM

Indeed, the manual says: The Rewrite feature modifies only the header section of an HTTP request or response, not the data section. "

Well, they finally decided to correct this in the version 8.1 manual, where it clearly states:

"The rewrite feature is a general-purpose utility for modifying HTTP headers and body text. You can use it to to add HTTP headers to an HTTP request or response, make modifications to individual HTTP headers, or delete HTTP headers. It also lets you modify the HTTP body in requests and responses."

Isn't it pleasing when the documentation actually reflects reality!


Paul B