F5 on IBM Cloud vs. Radware Alteon

F5 on IBM Cloud has efficient ways to manage traffic, both local and that from the international sources. Besides, the firewall evaluations and management is handled by the program. F5 on IBM Cloud has a well designed virtual machine configuration, following both small and the largest templates for efficiency. The network configuration and monitoring is also deployed in the program.

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These devices caused more problems for our company than benefits, I would never recommend these to colleagues.

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• F5 on IBM Cloud has application security features.
• Besides, the extensive local traffic management from the application is efficient.
• Lastly, the program acts as an advanced firewall managing tool.

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• F5 on IBM Cloud is a virtual edition, which is technical.
• The subscription fee is extensive and expensive.
• F5 on IBM Cloud configuration process requires an expertise.

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• The software web application is beyond terrible, in most of the cases the web was broken or did not have similar functionality the command line interface had.
• The command line interface wasn't a natural looking interface, it was very fumbled and while it ran on Linux, the interface was all menus and sub-menus.
• When enabling different pools for different web services, when a new pool was activated, the old pool connections were all reset instead of allowing HTTP sessions to naturally expire.

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F5 on IBM Cloud is substantially competent in managing traffic, through network configuration and monitoring. The presence of a software security manager also suits the program for stability and confidence. Besides, F5 on IBM Cloud has an infrastructure management feature, which deals with storage, network, and the general hardware that supports systems.

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We moved away from Alteon to F5 BigIP LTM and just by swapping out the hardware, we saw 40% speed increase in our applications. Everything else is much improved as well, from the web interface to the command line to the API.

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• F5 on IBM Cloud offers a traffic report that is critical for decisions.
• Firewall management eliminates chances of threats and destruction.
• Network monitoring and configurations keeps us safe and monitored.

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• While running on these devices, every release caused many interruptions in service and caused thousands of dollars of lost revenue.

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