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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

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What is F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

F5 states that the "brain" of the BIG-IP platform, Local Traffic Manager (LTM) intelligently manages network traffic so applications are always fast, available, and secure.

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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

20.6%

115 installations of 557

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Finance and Insurance

20.5%

114 installations of 557

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Information

14.7%

82 installations of 557

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Reviews

What users are saying about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM).
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Pros

  • Robust application load balancing for high availability
  • Flexible traffic manipulation via iRules for precise control
  • Efficient SSL/TLS offloading and certificate management

Cons

  • Limited comprehensive traffic analysis and graphical monitoring tools
  • Complex documentation and intricate command-line interface
  • Non-standard CLI syntax (differs from OpenSSL) requiring a steep learning curve

Great Product from F5.

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Verified User
Consultant in Engineering (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My organization uses F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to manage and optimize application traffic delivery within data centers, Key use cases including load balancing, security ssl/tls offloading and performance optimization enabling my organization to deliver applications reliably and security to our internal and external customers.

Pros

  • Performance optimization
  • SSL/TLS offloading
  • load balancing
  • security

Cons

  • incorporate AI to the user interface to assist IT Admin to configuring it.

Return on Investment

  • Good Return of Investment even those it is not cheap as compared to your competitors offering.

Usability

Other Software Used

Flookup for Google Sheets, LMS365

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Review

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Hock Zhang Peh
Software engineer in Engineering at ola krutrim (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager as the load balancer for servicing huge load requests

Pros

  • Good support from F5
  • Good latency
  • Configurable
  • iRule for debugging

Cons

  • More insights of the graphical analytic of the LTM traffic to debug latency spike

Return on Investment

  • Expensive initial investment
  • Ease of deployment

Usability

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is a Masterpiece for Load balancing

Incentivized
Sai Deepak Kunchey
Network Engineer in Engineering at CIGNA (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager for load balancing 3000 applications

Pros

  • IRULES

Cons

  • UI
  • more accurate documentation

Return on Investment

  • Reduce cost

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Akamai

Other Software Used

Akamai

Happy F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager admin

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Greg Overley
Senior Systems Programmer in Information Technology at Clark County, NV (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager in three different production environments, each with a different customer base and requirements. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager lets us scale or update backend resources easily and without disruption to the end users.

Pros

  • Manage traffic
  • Direct traffic based on specific use cases
  • Provide a mechanism for back end server maintenance without disruption

Cons

  • Analytics

Return on Investment

  • Reduced site downtime due to server maintenance dramatically

Usability

Alternatives Considered

VMware Avi Load Balancer

Other Software Used

Infoblox DDI (BloxOne)

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager

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Carol WilliamsView profile
Sr F5 Engineer in Engineering at CVS Health (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to loadbalance multiple applications based of hostnames/URIs.

Pros

  • irules for redirection
  • loadbalancing
  • Masking ports and Ips

Cons

  • SSO

Return on Investment

  • Easier to manage Applications

Usability

Alternatives Considered

F5 BIG-IP DNS, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator

Other Software Used

F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator, F5 Big-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 BIG-IP DNS

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