F5 BIG-IP DNS is Awesome
February 09, 2024
F5 BIG-IP DNS is Awesome
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with F5 BIG-IP DNS
We use F5 BIG-IP DNS for Internal and External GSLB, our current solution is implemented On-Prem and In the Cloud. F5 BIG-IP DNS has enabled us to have active/active applications across multiple data centers, we have created specific delegations zones that process the queries for particular scenarios. A normal set up will be to use a CNAME from our primary Zone to point to the GSLB Authoritative Zone
- Support for Active/Active configurations across multiple Data Centers.
- Support for Active/Standby configurations across multiple Data Centers.
- The use of DNS Express has enable us to reduce response times by having the entries on cache.
- DNSSEC support and logging.
- More support documentation will be a nice to have.
- I have not automated DNS deployments yet, but it would be nice to have ansible libraries for this module. (I have used ansible for many others).
- DNS Security
- DNS Response times
- GSLB capabilities
- Infoblox DDI (BloxOne), SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) and BlueCat Gateway
As I mentioned, the GSLB capability, being able to do intelligent DNS by having access to monitor specific endpoints associated to my current BIG-IP infrastructure, I believe that brings a huge value, then combine fast responses and security.
Do you think F5 BIG-IP DNS delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with F5 BIG-IP DNS's feature set?
Yes
Did F5 BIG-IP DNS live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of F5 BIG-IP DNS go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy F5 BIG-IP DNS again?
Yes