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Sero_83363
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Feb 14, 2013

Client and Server Profiles

Hi   Would someone be able to confirm\clarify the following?   If the clients are connecting over a WAN connection it makes sense to   use the tcp-wan-optimized profile on the client side. I...
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Feb 14, 2013
The answer will depend on what type of traffic the VS is handling really. The timeout values don't need to match thanks to the full proxy but you'd normally have a longer timeout client side as it's this side that may generate errors if connections are dropped. If you want to minimise server-side connections (especially if going through an underpowered firewall (F5 can help you there too - Lol)) OneConnect is a good option too.