The Compression tab permits one to view or edit the application profile’s compression settings.
To configure compression,
Procedure
- Navigate to
- Click Create to create a new profile or use the existing application profile as required.
- Select the Compression tab and click Enable Compression.
- Select Compressible Content Types to determine which HTTP Content-Types are eligible to be compressed. This field points to a String Group which contains the compressible type list.
- Select the compression mode as Auto or Custom to enable different levels of compression for different clients. For instance, filters can be created to provide aggressive compression levels for slow mobile clients while disabling compression for fast clients from the local intranet.
Option Description Auto
Auto is recommended, to dynamically tune the settings based on clients and available Service Engine CPU resources.
Auto mode enables NSX Advanced Load Balancer to determine the optimal settings.
By default, the Compression Mode is Auto. The content compression depends on the client’s RTT, as mentioned below:
RTT less than 10 ms, no compression
RTT 10-200ms, normal compression
RTT above 200 ms, aggressive compression
Custom
Custom mode allows the creation of custom filters that provide more granular control over who must receive what level of compression
- View the compression percentage achieved using the Client Logs tab of the virtual service. This may require enabling full client logs on the virtual service’s Analytics tab to log some or all client requests. The logs will include a field showing the compression percentage with each HTTP response. The Remove Accept Encoding Header removes the Accept-Encoding header, which is sent by HTTP 1.1 clients to indicate they can accept compressed content. Removing the header from the request prior to sending the request to the server allows NSX Advanced Load Balancer to ensure the server will not compress the responses. Only NSX Advanced Load Balancer will perform compression.
