BIG-IQ
Overall Satisfaction with F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management
We utilize BIG-IQ to manage several BIG-IP deployments for several clients through our MSP practice. The platform continuously breaks and has to be fixed. We find ourselves spending more time fixing BIG-IQ than using it to deploy config changes to BIG-IPs.
Pros
- SSL Certificate Management
- UCS Backup Orchestration
- QKview Orchestration
Cons
- Upgrade of the BIG-IQ platform has never worked well, require command line intervention to complete the upgrade process.
- CPB constantly hangs, requiring restarts or reboots.
- Does not support FQDN nodes.
- Time savings through orchestration of UCS backups
- Time savings from orchestration of QKview gathering
- Time savings in centralized Management of TLS/SSL certificate management
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Of all the centralized Management platforms I have ever used, BIG-IQ is the worst. It constantly breaks and requires fixing in some way or another.
Do you think F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management's feature set?
No
Did F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management again?
Yes
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