F5 BIG-IP DNS Review
Updated July 24, 2025
F5 BIG-IP DNS Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with F5 BIG-IP DNS
We use F5 BIG-IP DNS for DNS resolutions. We used to have Infoblox for DNS queries and with Infoblox as our environment grew, there were resource issues. We had users complaining about DNS queries taking lot of time. With Infoblox, service used to restart nightly at 10pm. When we moved to F5 BIG-IP DNS, nightly restart was addressed.
Pros
- DNS Caching
- DNS Response Time
- Stability
Cons
- Instead of purchasing separate DNS appliance, would like to see a containerized LTM with DNS
- Service restart was addressed which we had with previous DNS solution
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
Using F5 BIG-IP DNS
Systems infrastructure operations, Network Infrastructure operations.
15 - Knowledge of Big ip appliance is enough to administer F5-DNS. Expect for the DNS configuration portion, rest of the configuration from staging , high availability, VIP creations are part of LTM.
- DNS queries
- DNS cache
- Load Balance DNS requests
- We are using route domains to micro segment the traffic.
- We plan to add this DNS in future to R-series so we don’t have to have a physical big ip DNS appliance.
- We plan to add it to R-series as a tenant.
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