Audience

IT teams and anyone seeking a cloud based solution to manage their business operations

About F5 BIG-IP

Advanced technology for an app-centric world. Apps are your business. BIG-IP application services provide the availability, performance, and security you need to meet business demands. Keep your apps up and running with BIG-IP application delivery controllers. BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and BIG-IP DNS handle your application traffic and secure your infrastructure. You’ll get built-in security, traffic management, and performance application services, whether your applications live in a private data center or in the cloud. BIG-IP Diameter Traffic Management, BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM), and BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) manage network resources to keep your applications performing at carrier-grade levels. They also help you identify ways to optimize and monetize your network, improving your bottom line.

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Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5
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Company Information

F5
Founded: 1996
United States
www.f5.com/products/big-ip

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Cloud
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F5 BIG-IP Product Features

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Load Balancing
IP Traffic Optimization
Traffic Chaining / Steering
SSL Offload
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
CGNAT
Proxy / Reverse Proxy
Content Redirection
Server Health Monitoring

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Root-Cause Diagnosis
Server Performance
Trace Individual Transactions
Diagnostic Tools
Resource Management
Baseline Manager
Performance Control
Full Transaction Diagnostics

DDoS Protection

Infrastructure Protection (Layer 3/Layer 4)
Website Protection (Layer 7)
DNS Reflection Protection
DNS Amplification Protection
Traffic Monitoring
Illegitimate Traffic Recognition
High Network Capacity
Post Attack Analysis

Network Monitoring

Uptime Monitoring
Server Monitoring
Diagnostic Tools
Web Traffic Reporting
Resource Management
IP Address Monitoring
Bandwidth Monitoring
Baseline Manager
Internet Usage Monitoring
SLA Monitoring
Real Time Analytics

F5 BIG-IP Verified User Reviews

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  • Harish Kumar B.
    Senior Technical Engineer
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: Administrator
    Company Size: 5,000 - 9,999
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "F5 - Amazing Load balancer "

    Posted 2024-11-19

    Pros: 1. Ease of access to the console, can be able to understand the features easily and very user friendly
    2. Has multiple load-balancing algorithm that used to split the connection accordingly to the backend servers
    3. iRules are added advantage to this product.

    Cons: 1. Reporting is not that clear.
    2. Some of the logs are unavailable after certain period.
    3. Dashboard are not customizable.

    Overall: Excellent load-balancing tool that can be used with non-native LB solutions. The iRule and LTM policy features allow us to customize the policies.

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