Average connection rate and burst limits

Connection rates and burst limits are rate limits. These rate limits help restrict inbound connections that are trying to enter your system. Rate limits are set in a class of service that is used with inbound admission policies.

Connection burst rate

The burst rate size determines the buffer capacity that holds connection bursts. Connection bursts might enter the system at a faster rate than it can handle or that you might want to allow. If the number of connections in a burst exceeds the connection burst rate you set, then the additional connections are discarded.

Average connection rate

The average connection rate specifies the limit of newly established connections or rate of accepted Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) requests allowed into a system. If a request causes the system to exceed the limits you set, the system denies the request. The average connection request limit is measured in connections per second.

Tip: To determine what limits to set, you can run the monitor. The scenario about monitoring current network statistics contains a sample policy that might help you collect most data travelling on your system. Using these results, you can adjust the limits appropriately.

To see real-time monitor data instead of a particular data collection, open the monitor. The monitor gives real-time statistics on all active policies.

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Class of service