They are expensive but give you full control.
F5 load balancer appliance.
In june 1999 the company had its initial public offering and was listed on the nasdaq stock exchange with symbol ffiv.
Learn about f5 big ip local traffic manager.
F5 networks kemp technologies netscaler citrix comparison detailed feature performance specifications and price comparison of the three leading load balancer adc vendor offerings.
When a server went down or became overloaded big ip directed traffic away from that server to other servers that could handle the load.
Vendor model throughput kemp lm x1 1gbps kemp lm x3 3 4gbps kemp lm x15 15gbps kemp lm x25 25gbps kemp lm x40 40gbps kemp lm x40m 40gbps.
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A load balancer is a device that acts as a reverse proxy and distributes network or application traffic across a number of servers.
In 1997 f5 launched its first product a load balancer called big ip.
A blend of software and hardware that s a load balancer and a full proxy.
A hardware load balancer is a dedicated appliance to provide load distribution and it s relevant features.
Some of the popular lb hardware vendors are.
Cloud load balancer is trending more than ever.