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What is Kemp LoadMaster?
LoadMaster from Kemp Technologies in New York is an application delivery controller.
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VLM-500
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What is Kemp LoadMaster?
Kemp hyper-performance load balancers are built to power the always-on application experience [AX] that organizations needs to succeed. Kemp boasts redefining the load balancer by providing more simplified deployments, more flexible licensing options, more throughput per $, and direct access technical support.
Kemp LoadMaster Features
- Supported: L4-7 virtual ADC and Reverse Proxy
- Supported: Fully-featured Web Application Firewall
- Supported: Global DNS & Traffic Management Services
- Supported: SSO & Secure Application Access
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Kemp LoadMaster Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
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LoadMaster from Kemp Technologies in New York is an application delivery controller.
NGINX, NetScaler ADC, and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) are common alternatives for Kemp LoadMaster.
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.8.
The most common users of Kemp LoadMaster are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Kemp LoadMaster has proven to be an invaluable tool for addressing performance and stability issues on marketing websites. Users have found that the content switching and header modification rules in LoadMaster have helped overcome challenges during website launches, ensuring a smooth and seamless user experience. The powerful API in LoadMaster allows for easy integration into continuous delivery pipelines, making it a popular choice among tech industry professionals. The product is widely used as a load balancer for Exchange deployments, ADFS infrastructure, and webserver farms with custom applications, providing efficient load balancing and high availability for critical systems. Kemp LoadMaster has also resolved the issue of unreliable round-robin load balancing, offering a more effective solution for inbound email balancing across multiple Microsoft Exchange servers. Its integration with various third-party tools such as Azure DevOps, Redis, and Kubernetes allows for seamless load balancing of web shops and internal tools. With features like SSL acceleration and flexible environment consolidation, Kemp LoadMaster is considered a simple and efficient load balancer that increases the capacity and reliability of applications while providing an extra layer of protection against bad actors. The deployment process of Kemp LoadMaster is logical and straightforward, enabling users to create highly available configurations without external assistance. It has been successful in providing load balancing and continuous service to web and API servers, ensuring redundancy and seamless service to users. Overall, Kemp LoadMaster addresses various business problems by improving performance, enhancing security, ensuring high availability, and streamlining operations across different industries including finance, healthcare, transportation, and technology.
Easy Configuration and Setup: Many users have praised the product for its simple and user-friendly configuration process. They appreciate the availability of templates for various use cases, which makes setting up the product straightforward.
Exceptional Support: Numerous reviewers have highlighted the exceptional support provided by the company. Whenever users encountered issues with more complex setups, they received quick assistance from the support team. This prompt and helpful support greatly enhances their experience with the product.
Value for Money: Several users feel that the product offers great value for its cost compared to its competitors. They find that the features and performance provided by the product justify its price, making it a worthwhile investment.
Outdated User Interface: Several users have expressed dissatisfaction with the outdated and in need of a refreshed modern look and feel. They mentioned that the GUI of the software is also outdated and in need of improvement. Users would appreciate a more visually appealing and intuitive interface.
Inconvenient Manual Refresh: Some users find it inconvenient that the web-based interface sometimes requires a manual refresh to show the actual status of services, which can be time-consuming and disruptive. It would be more convenient if the system automatically updated in real-time without requiring manual intervention.
Outdated Statistics and Graphs: Users have mentioned that the statistics and graphs provided by the software are outdated, making it difficult for them to make informed decisions based on real-time data. They would like to see up-to-date information presented in clear visualizations for effective monitoring and analysis.
Users have made several recommendations for the Kemp Load Balancer based on their experiences. One common recommendation is to take advantage of the free trial offered by Kemp. Users suggest that this allows potential customers to get a better feel for the product and determine if it meets their needs.
Another recommendation is to utilize the support provided by Kemp. Users have found that the support team is knowledgeable and able to assist with any issues that arise during the setup or configuration process.
Users also recommend Kemp for its ease of use and management. They mention that the initial setup, configuration, and ongoing management are straightforward, thanks to a user-friendly interface and templates that facilitate quick configuration.
Overall, users recommend Kemp as an affordable option for load balancing and reverse proxy needs, especially for multiple applications or sites.
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Our Kemp LoadMasters are being used as a High Availability Active/Passive Clustered Pair to load balance all On-Premises inbound SMTP traffic and email access across multiple protocols (ActiveSync, Webmail, etc.).
It's used for the entire organization's email.
It addresses the business problems of:
1. Having a single point of failure for email ingress.
2. Providing a simple, robust load balancing and mail routing solution.
3. Guarantees performance as a dedicated load balancer separate from shared load balancer equipment used for other business segments like web and application.
-UPDATED APRIL 2021-
After successfully upgrading from LM2400s to X3s and greatly leveraging Kemp Support throughout the process, with unique unforeseen issues that arose, Kemp Support very aggressively deployed their Support Experts to walk us through the cutover on multiple attempts until we were successful.
It's used for the entire organization's email.
It addresses the business problems of:
1. Having a single point of failure for email ingress.
2. Providing a simple, robust load balancing and mail routing solution.
3. Guarantees performance as a dedicated load balancer separate from shared load balancer equipment used for other business segments like web and application.
-UPDATED APRIL 2021-
After successfully upgrading from LM2400s to X3s and greatly leveraging Kemp Support throughout the process, with unique unforeseen issues that arose, Kemp Support very aggressively deployed their Support Experts to walk us through the cutover on multiple attempts until we were successful.
- Provisioning of Virtual Services to Real IP'ed internal systems.
- Detailed logging facilitating rapid and easy Root Cause Analysis of issues.
- Extensive Online community resources and excellent customer support for issues.
- Simple, effective and intuitive UI design.
- Effortless manual failover/failback and upgrading procedures.
- Provided meticulously detailed upgrade-in-place documentation for transitioning to new hardware
- Pursued Root Cause possibilities of unforeseen upgrade issue/misconfiguration scenarios
- Ability to 'clone' existing Virtual Services for rapid deployment of similar ones.
- A better API for ease of automation.
- Simplification of Certificate management.
- Better explanations of Kemp implementations of industry standard protocols like VRRP (or CARP)
- More control over device factory reset configuration and forcibly breaking HA pairs at boot time
April 13, 2021
Kemp makes load balancing easy and affordable
My company is using Kemp Loadmaster as load balancer for Exchange deployments, ADFS infrastructure and also for webserver farms with custom applications. Additionally, the reverse proxy feature with pre-authentication is used in some setups. We are a consulting/hosting company and have many customers using Kemp technology.
- Ease of use - configuration is simple and there are templates for many use cases.
- Support is awesome. If we ever ran into issues with more complex setups, we got quick help.
- Value for money compared to competitors.
- Integration into monitoring solutions is possible but could be more intuitive.
- The web-based interface sometimes needs a manual refresh to show the actual status of services.
April 07, 2021
Kemp's Solution to a Balanced Problem
Kemp LoadMaster is being used by our whole organization to provide redundant and reliable load balancing to several different server applications. It addressed the need to allow access to 4 mail servers, 3 web servers, and 2 ADFS server by users and give IT the ability to run maintenance without blocking user access.
- Where the LoadBalancer excels is the multiple levels at which you can load balance servers. We currently use layer 7 LB, but others are available as well.
- I particularly like the ability for the LB to know when servers are down, and if all are offline then you can create a redirect to a static HTML page or some other destination that is more informative.
- The ease in which a service can be created and deployed using already pre-canned templates makes it a very convenient setup process.
- Really my only complaint is the web interface itself. It could use a bit of a facelift and start utilizing a more modern front-end. Mainly around each click is a page redirect which works fine, but many sites now save and load async while you navigate around.
April 07, 2021
Great Product which adds Value and Great Support
We have implemented Kemp as a means to load balance our users hitting our AS400 web interface for JDEdwards It has drastically increased performance and currently looking into other applications to apply it to .
- Port balancing on our Web based applications.
- Increased Performance drastically.
- Increased User experience, making for happier users which in turn makes them more valuable.
- Administratively it could be more user friendly... more in intuitive.
April 07, 2021
Kemp is very easy to get up and running.
Used across whole organization as a HTTP load balancer. We had a cisco ace, which was old and outdated technology. This was easy to setup and migrate our existing rules.
- Handles Certs and redirects from ports 80 to 443.
- Takes care of the outages with the sorry server.
- It isn't actually routing, so we have to make rules to allow ports 3389 thru for rdp. Admins require pass-thru access.
April 07, 2021
Kemp, straightforward to install and configure.
We have Kemp LoadMasters installed at multiple facilities. It is primarily used to balance the load on our application web servers for medical staff to access the systems. We utilize both load and location sensors to connect the doctor or other medical staff with the best / fastest web server available for their use.
- Load Balances on both port 80 and 443.
- Identifies which server is closest physically to the user for best responses.
- Identifies which server has the lowest network response time for the best user speeds.
- I would like to see better tools like wire shark built into the system.
- Immediate viewing and digestion of logs would be beneficial.
- I examine live grepping on a barracuda firewall and I miss that in the Kemp LB.
January 19, 2021
Kemp LoadMaster mastered our load balancing needs!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our Kemp LoadMaster provides load balancing for our telecommunication services. It has worked flawlessly to provide crystal clear, reliable phone service for our institution. It is easy to manage, robust, and reliable. The support Kemp provides has been absolutely superlative. On the few occasions where we have required assistance, they have been terrific to work with and got us where we needed to be in no time at all.
- Reliable operation
- Easy setup
- Terrific support
- Subnet gateway assignment on virtual services could be a little clearer
January 15, 2021
A big advantage for HA Web Application Deployment
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
LoadMasters are used across the whole organisation and also implemented at our products we offer for our customers. They are responsible for a reliable and stable HA scenario for Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint client access.
- Quick, friendly and qualified customer support team
- Great documentations for their products and features
- Great value for price ratio
- Logging traffic statistics of virtual services
- Dashboard and graphical posibilitys to statistic usage data
December 23, 2020
High quality load balancer at a reasonable price
We are currently utilizing Kemp LoadMaster to load balance our web shops and internal tools and have integrated it with various third-party tools such as Azure DevOps, Redis, and Kubernetes. While invisible, it is being utilized to manage traffic across the entire organization. I've used competing load balancers previously and Kemp LoadMaster is the simplest, most efficient load balancer I have used in my 25 years in the tech industry. It allows SSL acceleration as well as a great way to load balance via VS or SUBVS options. The way I'm able to consolidate environments into groups such as demo environments, test environments, and production environments with an at a glance view is indispensable. The cost is the best price on the market, in my opinion, and the support team I have access to is excellent.
- Load balancing
- Virtual service management
- Statistics
- Alerting
- Managing environments in groups
- Statistics and graphs are a little outdated
- Configuration changes have to be saved granularly
December 21, 2020
Love this product! It absolutely does what it is advertised to do!!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The Kemp LoadMaster is being used by our entire organization to address inbound email balancing across multiple Microsoft Exchange servers. Before the LoadMaster, we relied on round robin which was not always fruitful and the Kemp LoadMaster has resolved this issue. It took less than 30 minutes to implement with ZERO issues! The ease of installation, the ease of configuration and the user friendly interface are EXCELLENT! Kemp's support has always been customer driven for success and picks up the phone within minutes.
- Application load balancing inbound for email.
- Geographical load balancing.
- Provides an EASY to use interface!
- Honestly, we LOVE these products. I have nothing to the contrary to say - maybe if they were FREE, but that's it!
November 20, 2020
Cloud-ready solution with a quick rollout
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are using Kemp LoadMaster on the on-premises and cloud environments companywide. The product is not too robust, but it is serving out our need, and the support is exceptional. Thanks to the current size of the product, the fixes and features are implemented quite quickly.
- Cloud ready
- Supports most of the regular designs
- Exceptional support
- Monitoring/probing customization
November 16, 2020
Kemp LoadMaster f/ Exchange and Edge Security
We use our devices as virtual load balancers for Exchange 2016, primarily. We have two sites with two LMs at each site in clusters. We also use the devices as global DNS services and reverse proxy/authentication servers for our external users. Our services are primarily Microsoft products being served. These include Exchange, SharePoint, CRM Dynamics, Skype, and ADFS. We are also looking at implementing websites in the future as required. SSL offloading is enabled. Our devices are set up in the network as well as the DMZ.
- Edge security
- Load balancing
- Authentication
- Dual factor authentication
November 10, 2020
Kemp LoadMaster: What You Need For Always-On Applications
We are currently using the Kemp LoadMaster for internal enterprise wide applications and websites that require high availability. We wanted a product that can do the job effectively, is easy to configure and manage, can be setup as highly available, and yet does not come with a very high price tag. The Kemp LoadMaster met all those requirements.
- templates for well known applications (Exchange, ADFS, etc.)
- Easy configuration and management
- Well priced
- Virtual HA between different hypervisors (example Hyper-V and VMWare)
November 04, 2020
Kemp offers good functionality and reliability
We currently use Kemp LoadMasters across the whole organization. They sit in front of everything that we can/need to make highly available. Not only do we have them running on VMware, but we also have them running in Azure. They are rock solid and we have been using them for years.
- Ease of use.
- Good support model.
- Support is getting expensive.
November 04, 2020
Kemp LoadMaster A+
Kemp LoadMaster is being used to provide load balancing and continuous service to our web and API servers. This allows us to provide redundant services to public and internal users wither we are handling a disaster recovery or just doing simple upgrades for security patches or service packet to our infrastructure.
- Easy to set up and maintain.
- Easy to update, backup the firmware/software.
- Little to no maintenance.
- Responsive support that is willing to assist with more complex use cases.
- Documentation/Knowledge base needs to be expanded upon.
November 03, 2020
Great Product
Kemp LoadMaster is used as a load balancer by all the users and for all web applications.
- Easy to use. The interface is intuitive and there is no need to be Kemp expert to setup a new VIP or to make changes in the existing configuration.
- Unlike some other products, all options and buttons are present here in the same page. Once you quit the page, either you did it well and it works or it does not work and you did not do it well.
- Except for special rules, no need to configure groups or permissions or whatever in deep hidden pages before setting up your VIP. All you need is present in the same interface. Just click and select, that's all. The settings are auto applied.
- Reactive support. The Kemp support team answers fast with revelant information.
- The support knows that your time is important and does not ask for useless information. They don't ask for the 10 past years logs or what you have eaten last day ([questions with] no link to your issue, you probably got such weird questions with some other vendors )
- No weird issues.
- As far as I know, the Kemp LoadMaster does not create major issue for "bugs" or for any other reason. The appliances are stable.
- I don't know. For the basic needs I have, the Kemp LoadMaster is enough. But as said, my needs are basic (creating VIP for load balancing http/https sessions, and sometimes redirecting webpages ). So maybe this appliance misses features but I don't need them at the moment.
November 02, 2020
Great product and Support!
The Kemp virtual LoadMaster is being used across the whole organization. The Kemp LoadMaster has addressed many problems and has helped us add more layers of security.
- Excellent Customer Service.
- Opportunity to demo before purchase.
- Great pricing.
- Easy to manage.
- Templates to make configuration easier.
- Need to have better way to organize the virtual services.
- Easier way to customize login.
- Work on their WAF intermittent issue.
November 02, 2020
KempX1 Will provide 100% uptime for your Org
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The entire company uses our two Kemp X1 load masters every day. The work together to provide SSO to Office 365, and other 3rd party software. They handle load balancing of our on prem exchange, and handle our on prem Skype for Business phone system.
- Set it up and it runs with little to no maintenance.
- Handles all workloads that need to be load balanced.
- User choice of basic or advanced setups depending on need.
- Migration to different units is very simple.
- Backup process is very easy.
- I really have nothing bad to say about the Kemp. It has worked great.
November 02, 2020
My impression of Kemp LoadMasters
We use our Kemp LoadMasters for a variety of applications including email, SharePoint, and Skype for all users. This applies to both internal and external traffic for these services. These LoadMasters enable us to take servers offline for maintenance and introduce replacement servers ad hoc. In addition these make it easier to add security rules such as disabling older cipher suites.
- Easy to navigate, you don't get lost in layers.
- Easy to update, backups are easy and upgrades have not been disruptive.
- Easy to make additional virtual services to get up and running.
- It's reliable, we haven't experienced any downtime.
- Honestly I can't think of a con!
November 02, 2020
Use Kemp Load Balancer for Piece of mind
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use the Kemp LoadMaster with our on-premise Exchange 2016 using two services on a DAG at different locations.
The Kemp LoadMaster load balancer allows us to have a hands-off failover between servers, either in a Disaster Recovery model or during upgrades for security patches or service pack updates for the Exchange software.
The Kemp LoadMaster load balancer allows us to have a hands-off failover between servers, either in a Disaster Recovery model or during upgrades for security patches or service pack updates for the Exchange software.
- Hands-off failover between systems.
- Easy to use GUI.
- No command line interface to learn.
- Would like GEO function built on as add on.
- To get more performance had to upgrade models, maybe a license based throttle.
- Dual power supplies would be nice.
November 02, 2020
Great Support Experienced with Kemp Support team.
Kemp LoadMaster is used in our server for load balancing. Our organization produce software for public sectors like Transport, Healthcare and Banking system. For continuous service and support we need to run our system with high availability and avoid the failures. Thus the Kemp load master helps us to give continuous service to reach and be accessed by our clients.
- Good network management for command based operating system link Linux.
- Managing and maintaining multiple servers in a single place.
- IIS is the most common security system which can be achieved easily for multiple systems even for load balancing systems.
- Most of the networking commands are designed with UI for closing port or opening a port which makes simple and clean.
- Better UI can attract more customers.
- Multiple SSL upload for single VIP can be added in future.
November 02, 2020
Kemp - The Load Balancer you need!
We acquired the Kemp LoadMaster initially to balance our Exchange multi-site environment. As time went on, we added other services such as RDP connections, online banking and other applications to the LM to balance the load which made our operations more efficient.
- Load Balancing.
- Vitual IP.
- Allow the load master to create different DNS record types.
November 02, 2020
Very good Load Balancer, clean and simple to install and configure
Our e-mail and mobile communication system which is based on Exchange Servers (DAG) needed load balancing and security. After a few discussions with resellers and external consultants we decided on Kemp. To this day we are very satisfied with the Kemp. In the future we would like to map further services via the Kemp.
- Easy to install.
- Easy to put in operation.
- Flexible.
- User interface needs an update.
- Reporting would be a great feature.
- Alerts.
November 02, 2020
Kemp LoadMaster
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Kemp LoadMaster as load-balancer and publishing solution for the whole organization. It solved the high availability for All web Servers and Mail solutions, and we also use it as web application firewall to publish our applications to the internet and protect our application from attackers on the internet.
- Management
- Calability
- Ease of use
- Stability
- Support
- Log management as it has all sort[s] of logs but hard to search in.
- Monitoring is good but could be better.
November 02, 2020
Solid Price, Even Better Product
We leverage Kemp LoadMaster for load balancing internal and external systems. We needed a balancing system that was both secure and reliable. We needed something that wouldn't break the bank, but would also provide uptimes needed to meet strict internal and external SLA agreements in place.
- Secure.
- Reliable.
- Low touch.
- GUI is a bit dated.
- No "confirm" button GUI.