Barracuda Load Balancer 340 in Higher Education Environment
Updated March 25, 2020

Barracuda Load Balancer 340 in Higher Education Environment

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Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Barracuda Load Balancer ADC

We purchased the load balancer for use with an new web app initially. But, we use is for many other servers too. Our goal was to reduce downtime if a server failed and also balance the load across servers so one server would not be over tasked, thus increasing performance. We also wanted it so that we could do maintenance, patches, and updates on one server and still maintain access to services. It is being used organization wide.
  • Provide High Availability.
  • Reduce downtime due to hardware or software failure.
  • Allow for maintenance periods for IT without affecting end users access.
  • Increase performance of services by distributing the load across more than one server.
  • We also use the load balancer as a redirect server for web applications. When these are set up they show a red x like the services are down. I would like for them to have a setting made in future firmware to simply remove the status on redirects.
  • I would also like for them to do on-demand online training for the load balancer like they already offer for free on many of their products.
  • Positive impact: We can now do server maintenance without disrupting services to the end users.
  • Positive impact: It keeps our servers from getting overloaded during peak utilization times.
  • Positive impact: If we have one server fail the load is shifted to the server that is up to reduce downtime.
We chose Barracuda because we already have other products of theirs. And primarily for the support. Their support is the best we have come across. They help you every step form setup to use to troubleshooting.
It is a good product and the support is very helpful.

Do you think Barracuda Load Balancer ADC delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Barracuda Load Balancer ADC's feature set?

Yes

Did Barracuda Load Balancer ADC live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Barracuda Load Balancer ADC go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Barracuda Load Balancer ADC again?

Yes

It works as we expected in our environment. It is great for high availability, redirects, and distributing loads across multiple servers.

Using Barracuda Load Balancer ADC

  • High Availability
  • Load Distribution
  • Allows for upgrade without downtime
It is a product we plan on continuing to use.

Using Barracuda Load Balancer ADC

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
None
It is fairly easy to learn after support helps you set it up and shows you how things work. Which they will do.