The tool's investment is less than a physical device.
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Poor Traffic Management & Security
What do you like best about the product?
It lacks the versatility and capabilities of Big IP Virtual Edition. It requires some effort to set up and a learning curve, with the IT personnel or support, from F5 the implementation process becomes hectic.
What do you dislike about the product?
The limited range of modules provided does not cater to needs and as web traffic increases Big IP becomes difficult to adapt. It comes at a cost, it is a cumbersome software in the market.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing the softwares Marketplace service is burdensome. There are some concerns regarding server to server communication limitations and heavy reliance on LBs that potentially impact efficiency through cascading flows.
Has limitations on RAM and code but investment is less than a physical device
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
The tool has limitations with respect to code and RAM.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the solution for four to five months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is not as stable as a physical device. It has dependencies on the physical server as well.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is expensive. They offer advanced service only when you purchase a full solution.
How was the initial setup?
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition's deployment is complex. The deployment timeline can vary between 4 days to one week.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the product a seven out of ten.
F5 BIG IP Review
What do you like best about the product?
The UI of the F5 is the best and its modules,it has many many modules under it, like caching, and access control. firewall and security manager, compare to the Netscaler this is little expensive
What do you dislike about the product?
As said earlier it is expensive and ease of ding installing is not that great when compare to Citrix Netscalar. The prices can be mich better and in market F5 is the widely used software
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
F5 is more of application routing tool, where it helps in routing the incoming traffic in a round-robin mechanism, and helps to diversify the load of the traffic to multiple servers effectively.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Already its a market hero in number 1
Good for Exchange LB
What do you like best about the product?
Exchange Out of the Box templates helps a lot.
What do you dislike about the product?
Visibility on the Real time user monitoring can be improved
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Exchange
Recommendations to others considering the product:
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doesnot supports eclipse pluggin connection for irules
This version doesnot supports eclipse pluggin connection for irules. And there is no way i see to deploy an older version of TMS
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