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beauty_261543
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Apr 28, 2016

what si the difference between LTM and GTM

I am new to f5 and trying to figure it out difference between LTM and GTM  
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Apr 28, 2016

GTM stands for Global traffic manager, and LTM stands for Local Traffic manager. High level and simply put, LTM manages load balancing within a single location, and GTM handles load balancing accross multiple locations.