We use it in the application delivery of new products and in the ecosystem of our authorizers. Every company transaction goes through F5 BIG-IP, a device that brings resilience to our business.
Pros
Ssl offload
Lord balance for aplication
Scalability
Security
Cons
Mtls
Full proxy
Irules
Likelihood to Recommend
Scale a specific product in a promotional campaign where volume will be increased
We currently use F5 primarily for website security, and it's a great help for detection and protection.
Actualmente utilizamos F5 esencialmente para seguridad en nuestros sitios web y es de gran ayuda para deteccion y proteccion.
Pros
Certificate management
Security protection
Gestion de certificados
Proteccion de seguridad
Cons
better interface for graphics are very static and not very intuitive
mejor interfaz para los graficos son muy estaticos y poco intuitivos
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very good for security protection and administration, but it is not very friendly for reporting and information analysis.
es muy bueno para la proteccion de seguridad y su administracion, no es muy amigable para los reportes y el analisis de informacion.
<i>This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.</i>
VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
La necesidad de balancear tráfico en una plataforma de uso masivo nos llevó a trabajar con Big-IP como líder del mercado en el segmento. La plataforma trabaja con varias instancias virtuales y sin problemas.
The need to balance traffic on a mass-market platform led us to work with Big-IP, a market leader in the segment. The platform works seamlessly with multiple virtual instances.
Pros
Distribución de tráfico
Traffic Distribution
Segmentación de arquitecturas
Architecture segmentation
Visibilidad en cuanto a estadísticas
Visibility in terms of statistics
Cons
Si bien las estadísticas funcionan, sería muy bueno que fueran más flexibles en cuanto a la visualización.
While the statistics work, it would be great if they were more flexible in terms of display.
Likelihood to Recommend
Escenarios de manejo intensivo de tráfico contra plataformas de aplicación. Manejo de muchos escenarios de balanceo. Arquitectura full proxy. Manejo de sesiones. Modularidad que se apega a las necesidades del cliente, los módulos se pueden activar o desactivar con facilidad.
Traffic-intensive scenarios against application platforms. Handling of multiple load balancing scenarios. Full proxy architecture. Session management. Modularity that adapts to client needs; modules can be easily activated or deactivated.
Las soluciones de f5 BigIp las hemos utilizado principalmente sobre teams de balanceo de aplicaciones y de Cargas, ayudando a solventar consumo de direccionamiento IPv4 eficientiando el uso del recurso.
We have mainly used F5 BIG-IP solutions on application and load balancing equipment, helping to solve IPv4 address consumption and making efficient use of resources.
Pros
Balanceo
Balancing
Seguridad
Security
NAT
Cons
mejorar en que sea mas inductiva su interface
improve to make its interface more inductive
Likelihood to Recommend
Esencial en los temas de optimization[on de recurso como direccionamiento IP, robustecer seguridad, simoplificar aplicaciones.
Essential in resource optimization topics such as IP addressing, strengthening security, simplifying applications
VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)
El producto F5 lo utilizamos como balanceador tanto para servicios expuestos a internet como uso interno, esto por que se necesitaba tener una solucion que nos optimizara la forma de tratar el trafico y proteger de cualquier ataque.
We use the F5 BIG-IP product as a load balancer for both Internet-facing services and internal use. This is because we needed a solution that would optimize the way we handled traffic and protect against any attacks.
Pros
Balanceador de carga
Load balancer
Proteccion WAF
WAF Protection
Servicios LTM o IP intelligencd
LTM or IP intelligence services
Cons
Uso de irules
Use of Irules
Likelihood to Recommend
Como balanceador de carga funciona bien y tambien a la hora de limitar conexiones en el cual una vez se detecto un ataque donde se monitoreo conexiones masivas y este los limito de forma exitosa en el servidor.
As a load balancer it works well and also when limiting connections in which once an attack was detected where massive connections were monitored and it successfully limited them on the server
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)
Utilizamos F5 como Balanceador de carga y equipo de seguridad en el front end de algunas plataformas. Los problemas actuales son la falta de visibilidad (telemetria) para la identification de problemas y fallas a nivel aplicativo.
We use F5 BIG-IP as a load balancer and security device on the front end of some platforms. The current challenges are a lack of visibility (telemetry) to identify problems and failures at the application level.
Pros
Balances de carga
Load Balancing
Perfiles y persistencias
Profiles and persistences
Seguridad ssl
Secure SSL
Politics de seguridad
Security Policy
Kpis de consumos y estadisticos
Consumption KPIs and statistics
Cons
Mejorar el modulo AVR en Tmos
Improve the AVR module in Tmos
Big IP Next supports AFM
Likelihood to Recommend
En resolucion de dominos a nivel politica AFM para establecer permisos y reglas especificas. Deben mejorar la visibilidad en Las graficas de AVR y Analiticos, actualmente no es granular, lo que no ayuda mucho en escenarios onde hay que identificar comportamientos inusuales.
In domain resolution at the AFM policy level to establish specific permissions and rules.
Visibility in the AVR and Analytics charts should be improved; currently, it is not granular, which is not very helpful in scenarios where unusual behavior needs to be identified.
Actualmente lo utilizamos como un balanceador en el cual nos ayuda a distribuir las conexiones en multiples servicios. Nos sirve para no sobrecargar el back-end de nuestra infraestructura y podes publicar una misma IP y servicio al resto de los usuarios. No teniendo que preocuparnos redirigiendo todas las conexiones a un mismo equipo.
We currently use it as a load balancer, helping us distribute connections across multiple services. It helps us avoid overloading our infrastructure's back-end and allows us to publish the same IP address and service to other users. We don't have to worry about redirecting all connections to the same computer.
Pros
Balanceo
Balancing
Gestion del trafico
Traffic management
Seguridad
Security
Cons
Inteligencia artificial para crear irules
Artificial intelligence to create irules
Observabilidad en una plataforma unificada
Observability in a unified platform
Que traduzca las necesidades del usuario con IA a la programacion necesaria
That translates user needs with AI into the necessary programming
Likelihood to Recommend
Es adecuado en el balanceo de cargas lo que permite no estresar los servidores que se encuentran en el backend y da la posibilidad de poder reducir la multiplicidad de conexiones en caso de que sea necesaria de esta manera un problema de multiples conexiones puede ser detenido antes de que afecte infraestructura critica.
It is suitable for load balancing, which allows not to stress the servers that are in the backend and gives the possibility of being able to reduce the multiplicity of connections if necessary. In this way, a problem of multiple connections can be stopped before it affects critical infrastructure.
We are using F5 BIG-IP for our load balancing and it gives us granular control over traffic routing and health monitoring. We have better visibility of traffic now. It also supports active - standby and active - active failover modes. This ensures that our traffic disruption is kept to minimal.
Pros
High Availability
Traffic visibility
IRules
Cons
Expensive licensing
Complex upgrades
Hardware dependency
Likelihood to Recommend
A well suited scenario to use F5 BIG-IP will be for Financial institutions operating across multiple regions. Big IP provides high availability and advanced load balancing. For scenarios where F5 BIG-IP is not appropriate will be for small startup with a low budget and do not have the capability to manage the system.
VU
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
To load balance the application for WEB services ensuring the services are distributed across to ensure performance and high availability
Pros
scalability
High performance
Redundancy
Stable and resiliency
Cons
The GUI interface could be more friendly
Some command lines are difficult
Training on usage
Likelihood to Recommend
If I need an env which has a huge volume access, like a major ticketing event this is useful to cater to scalability. If env has limited traffic maybe is overkill
VU
Verified User
Advisor in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)