The best and easy to use feature rich load balancer
September 05, 2022

The best and easy to use feature rich load balancer

Mohammed Younus Siddiqui | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) to host all our applications and servers. The main purpose is to load balance the traffic. This will ensure high availability to the users. Also, it allows for offloading SSL connections, which means that the processing power of the application and server is saved. Finally, this is will hide the application servers from the user and make it more secure.

Pros

  • Load Balancing
  • SSL Offloading
  • Server Monitoring

Cons

  • UI is dated
  • Logs are not easily to parse and read
  • Upgrade process is lengthy and time-consuming
  • Load Balancing
  • SSL Offloading and Bridging
  • Ease of deployment
  • Our services/application uptime is 99.99%
  • All our services/applications use SSL encryption
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) requires hardware appliances for the best results and that is costly
As far as I know, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) from F5 is the best and the number of features is unmatched compared to its competitors. The first-time setup is also quick and easy and the product behaves as a full proxy which is rarely seen. The support is good and also the help articles are numerous.

Do you think F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) again?

Yes

If you do not have a load balancer appliance and you have to host multiple applications for thousands of users, the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is best suited for you. If you do not have SSL capabilities on your application server then you can use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) to overcome that. However, if you have only a few applications and few users then the product will be overkill for you.

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