F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Previous Solutions

Ritesh-Bakhru - PeerSpot reviewer
Major Account Manager at Check Point Software

Before, I was with a company called Synovir, which deals with mobile number portability and roaming services. In the setup for mobile number portability, we had multiple servers, and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager was chosen for load balancing across various servers. I was involved in the overall solution alongside F5.

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Mahmoud-Yassin - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Infrastructure and Security Operations at United Arab Bank

We used a different product called Avi. Its load balancing wasn't as mature as F5's, and Avi couldn't perform automated disaster recovery as well. We used it extensively for a year and a half for internal services.

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SE
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I have used many other solutions similar to F5 BIG-IP LTM. There are other solutions that provide the same functionality at a lower price.

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RP
Sr. Architect at a media company with 10,001+ employees

Prior to using F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, I used Cisco's and Nortel's versions. 

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JO
Senior Network Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

For load balancing, we previously had Cisco solutions. We had CSS and then Application Control Engine (ACE). We switched because they stopped that service. It was end-of-life, and Cisco discontinued that range.

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AC
Senior Technical Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We also use many Cisco products.

I directly got the opportunity to work on the F5. I didn't work with any other vendor.

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Mohammed Abdul Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
F5 Consultant at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have been using the F5 BIG-IP LTM for 12 years and have not felt compelled to look at alternatives.

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KV
Principle Architect (retired recently) at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Before using F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, I evaluated Citrix, Cisco, and several others. No other solution ever came up to quite the specs that we were looking for in terms of flexibility, capabilities, integrations, and ease of implementation. The big battle was whether or not to go with Cisco. The product is good and it integrates well with router platforms. However, with Cisco, you lose a slot in your chassis and it's kind of expensive to lose and the solution is not as good. It is not as flexible. Of course, Cisco lost the market in the end. 

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KO
Network Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are using a combination of F5 and NGINX.

I am still relatively new to NGINX. We recently implemented it in our environment.

We are interested in NGINX. We would like to explore the NGINX platform. It has multiple platforms such as security, APIs, and application gateways.

We are looking into it, as well as the LTM module of it.

We are also interested in learning more about Kemp LoadMaster.

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Roni Wijaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of It Operations at Artajasa Pembayaran Elektronis

In comparison with Barracuda, the solution has better performance.

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OD
Security IT Manager at IFAT Group

I also have experience with Check Point. 

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YA
Co-Founder and CEO at PT Eugenea Kreasi Utama

I was using Akamai from 2017 until 2020 when we started using F5.

When comparing F5 with Akamai, F5 is more powerful and has more intelligence. It also has the ability to update its software very rapidly.

Akamai is slow to respond, they can take up to four or five hours to respond to a complaint.

We use Microsoft in my office for our operational daily activity.

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it_user109836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader Mainframe & Webservices at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

I previously used a different solution. We switched because the hardware was too old, and the other vendor did not have the same set of features.

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GJ
Staff Engineer at UbiNavi

We used Cisco VPN. I am not sure why our IT forced us to switch to F5 without our feedback.

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SP
Senior ICT Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We used Fortinet, but what we were getting from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) was always more than what we got from Fortinet, even when using FortiWeb and Forti WAF cloud as a service, and even when considering the functionality of each product.

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KO
Network Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

F5 was the first load balancer that I worked on.

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ST
Director at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

I've been working for 12 years, and F5 was the first LTM product. In addition to F5, I've also worked on Citrix NetScaler, Load Balancer, Kemp, and Cisco ACE (no longer in service). I prefer F5 over all of them.

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it_user858369 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at Nagarro

We used to have Cisco, then we have Citrix NetScaler. The Citrix NetScaler is just a load balancer. It did not me the complete ADC features. That is why F5 is the king of load balancing.

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AhmedIsmael - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Telecom Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We didn't use any other product.

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GS
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used Cisco ACE (for load balancing & WAF). We switched because the Cisco ACE solution features were very basic compared to F5. Plus, the solutions line was discontinued several years ago.

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it_user223881 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Previously, I have used Cisco load balancing, e.g., Cisco CSM, Cisco ACE, Microsoft Network Load Balancing, and Cisco GSS. Previously, Cisco load balancing or Microsoft NLB had always been the preferred options. However, since Cisco discontinued most of their load balancing products, it makes it very difficult to find products of the same grade and functionality. Since we began using F5 that gap in functionality has been filled. With F5, you get not just standard load balancing, but an array of other highly useful products to boot.

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SM
Specialist in Communication and Network Security at a security firm with 11-50 employees

I have used a Cisco solution in the past, but they discontinued the solution or the hardware. F5 is much better.

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UP
Network Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Citrix doesn't have as many options.

If you were to compare Citrix with F5, the pros of F5 is the idle features. It's very powerful and you can do tons of work with a few lines.

With Citrix, you have to learn and understand the regular expressions, but the regular expressions consume a lot of the hardware. Also, it is much more complicated.

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LF
Security Governance at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We previously used Cisco ACE, which has very limited features.

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it_user744186 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Network Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We previously used Citrix NetScaler: 

  • Citrix NetScaler SDX, which can be divided in multiple instances.
  • Citrix VPX.
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MK
Channel Development Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have other vendors in our portfolio, all of them working for performance network, performance optimization, and application implementation. We generally propose a few solutions to our customers. 

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TA
Senior solution architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I previously worked with Fortinet which is a much more reasonably priced solution. 

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JU
Security Professional Services at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We also work with Palo Alto firewalls. I've worked with Check Point as well.

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GV
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Regarding load balancing, this was our first product.

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it_user147228 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Specialist with 1,001-5,000 employees
No. F5 was a virgin solution to a point problem and quickly grew to a central position in the management of our enterprise infrastructure and digital tier by demonstrating quickly a value contribution made to our live service offering. View full review »
it_user591900 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

We used Microsoft Gateway called CMG. This product was end-of-life, they decided to kill the product. We switched because there is no other solution that does the same thing.

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it_user850398 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used to have a Barracuda WAF. It was unreliable and it didn’t have all the features of the F5. It was out of maintenance and we decided never to use Barracuda again.

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SR
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I did not previously use a different product. This is my first Application Delivery Consult Solution.

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SP
Technical Specialist - Network & Security at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We also use Radware, which we've used a bit longer.

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it_user526731 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

No.

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SG
Director Technology Solutions with 11-50 employees

A few of our customers were using Brocade, Citrix NetScaler, or A10. We moved them to F5, because there were more customer references available for F5 in our country and the support structure was better.

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YU
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use many other solutions in our company.

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it_user717243 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

No.

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it_user617790 - PeerSpot reviewer
Games, Apps and Web Developer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Citrix NetScaler. F5 supports better features, from load balancing to security and application visibility. NetScaler is better with a VDI solution.

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