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Bryan_90908
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May 16, 2011

F5 vs Open Source?

Greetings group,   I’ve been tasked with comparing the use of open source load balancing software server solutions against commercially available off the shelf hardware. We are currently using F5...
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Chris_Miller
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May 27, 2011
To elaborate on Carl's point a bit, an ADC is one of the most critical components of a network and therefore must be supported. A good ADC lets you do absorb failures in other places inside your network but putting millions of dollars worth of applications and infrastructure behind something open source and free is a bit risky.