Kemp LoadMaster Previous Solutions

SB
IT Director at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I previously used an open-source version of this solution, but it was very hard to maintain and suffered frequent crashes, so we switched to Kemp for better reliability. I also used Citrix, but the use case for it is completely different than for Kemp.

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AI
Director of IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I have used ZEN NLB and Microsoft NLB.

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FV
Manager of Technology Architecture and Information Security at J.F. Shea Co., Inc.

We switched from a prior solution since the LoadMaster provided the features, performance and throughput that we required for a more affordable price point.

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AI
Network and System Administrator at Guardian Capital Group Ltd

Prior to Kemp LoadMaster, we used end-of-life products from Microsoft.

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JR
IT Manager at SWITCHCRAFT INC

Kemp was my first experience with load balancers.

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Senior Systems Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We did not previously use load balancing, Kemp was our first choice.

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NS
Owner at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

We used NLP, which is not in the same leak. That's a Microsoft inbuilt network load balancer, but it's not in the same leak. It doesn't do the application-level low balancing.

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Principal Systems Engineer at World Travel Holdings

Yes, because we were upgrading the entire organization's Exchange version and we wanted a better, HA Clustered solution to match the Exchange redundancy we had built.

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System Administrator at Routeware, Inc.

We used DNS Round-robin and some manual intervention but it was unreliable and very time-consuming. 

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reviewer1442193 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Building and IT Infrastructure at Gaz Métro Plus, Inc.

Kemp was the first solution we used as a reverse proxy.

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reviewer1442190 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at Larson Engineering, Inc.

I did use the Microsoft TMG server, but its tech support expired and is no longer available.

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JS
Network Administrator at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Previously, I had used Microsoft NLB. We switched because it was more difficult to configure and it had many issues.

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Managing Computers & Telephone System Infrastructure at Techjet

Prior to this, I had a product from Cybonet called PineApp.

It is supposed to perform as a  reverse proxy and synchronize emails to mobiles phone and Outlook but I had a lot of issues and it did not work smoothly. I asked them to suggest to me what to do and they told me that they can only handle 20 to 30 users. They said that if I wanted me then I need to purchase another dedicated product.

I was not satisfied and this caused me to replace it.

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Systems Administrator at a construction company with 11-50 employees

We were using Simple Failover, but it was running into issues and we were looking for more of an enterprise solution.

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System Administrator Senior Supervisor at Xceed

We used to work with Windows NLB, and we switched to Kemp to meet a higher level of stability and quality of service.

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AC
CEO | Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Microsoft Threat Management Gateway. Product is at its end of life.

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VP/CTO at STARNET SOLUTIONS, INC

We tried a few products and they were expensive and overly complicated.

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reviewer1444170 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at Rochester Regional Health

Kemp was our first product to use.

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reviewer1458825 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at Seismic Exchange, Inc.

We used Citrix Netscaler prior to this product.

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reviewer1443177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and System Administrator at Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH

We haven't tried any other solution.

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reviewer1442502 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at Spirica

I switched because Kemp LoadMAster is more efficient, stable and scalable than the other solution.

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reviewer1441917 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have another solution in place and we are currently planning to retire it, now that Kemp has been implemented.

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reviewer1486944 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator II at Lincoln Land Community College

Previously, we had been using a Barracuda load balancer. It was nice but the management was not as easy to use and it was not quite as reliable as we would have liked.

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reviewer1447500 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

This was the first solution of this type.

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reviewer1446381 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator 2 at PUBLIC SCHOOL AND EDUCATION EMPLOYEE RET

Microsoft LB and was recommended by a Vendor we used for a project. 

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reviewer1373811 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at DXC

We previously used a different solution and we switched mainly due to cost restriction.

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reviewer1374081 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We did not previously use a different solution.

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SP
IT Engineer at AIS

We did not use another similar solution prior to Kemp LoadMaster.

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reviewer1443234 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at Colan Infotech Private Limited

We did not use another similar solution. There is no alternative advice; we heard that Kemp is the best load-balancer.

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it_user848262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This is the first such solution we have used.

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it_user8178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Previously we were proposing Citrix NetScaler or F5. We switched due to cost.

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