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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

Score8.9 out of 10

38 Reviews and Ratings

What is F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

F5 states that the "brain" of the BIG-IP platform, Local Traffic Manager (LTM) intelligently manages network traffic so applications are always fast, available, and secure.

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager as the load balancer for servicing huge load requests

Pros

  • Good support from F5
  • Good latency
  • Configurable
  • iRule for debugging

Cons

  • More insights of the graphical analytic of the LTM traffic to debug latency spike

Return on Investment

  • Expensive initial investment
  • Ease of deployment

Usability

Great Product from F5.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My organization uses F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to manage and optimize application traffic delivery within data centers, Key use cases including load balancing, security ssl/tls offloading and performance optimization enabling my organization to deliver applications reliably and security to our internal and external customers.

Pros

  • Performance optimization
  • SSL/TLS offloading
  • load balancing
  • security

Cons

  • incorporate AI to the user interface to assist IT Admin to configuring it.

Return on Investment

  • Good Return of Investment even those it is not cheap as compared to your competitors offering.

Usability

Other Software Used

Flookup for Google Sheets, LMS365

The best solution for Load balancing

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Se utiliza para balanceo de trafico de plataformas centralizadas de mision critica para la compania. Al tener una granja de servidores con El mismo aplicativo, es necesario utilizar El balanceo de trafico para las peticiones a cada uno de los servidores para distribucion de sesiones para flujos de aprovisionamiento y entrega de contenido.

It is used to balance traffic between centralized, mission-critical platforms for the company. Since a server farm hosts the same application, it is necessary to use traffic balancing for requests to each server to distribute sessions for content provisioning and delivery flows.

Pros

  • Diferentes tipo de balanceo segun la necesidad
  • Different types of balancing according to the need
  • Seguridad
  • Security
  • Maximizer El rendimiento de los aplicativos
  • Maximizer Application Performance

Cons

  • Automatizacion
  • Automation
  • Analisis de trafico en detalle
  • Detailed Traffic Analysis
  • Integracion con otras herramientas
  • Integration with other tools

Return on Investment

  • Estabilidad en los servicios de aprovisionamiento
  • Stability in provisioning services
  • Mejorar El rendimiento de la aplicacion
  • Improve application performance

Usability

Alternatives Considered

A10 Networks AX Series

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is a Masterpiece for Load balancing

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager for load balancing 3000 applications

Pros

  • IRULES

Cons

  • UI
  • more accurate documentation

Return on Investment

  • Reduce cost

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Akamai

Other Software Used

Akamai

Happy F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager admin

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager in three different production environments, each with a different customer base and requirements. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager lets us scale or update backend resources easily and without disruption to the end users.

Pros

  • Manage traffic
  • Direct traffic based on specific use cases
  • Provide a mechanism for back end server maintenance without disruption

Cons

  • Analytics

Return on Investment

  • Reduced site downtime due to server maintenance dramatically

Usability

Alternatives Considered

VMware Avi Load Balancer

Other Software Used

Infoblox DDI (BloxOne)