We are using the F5, and it seems to work fine. I have also used ServerIron in the past with success. Realistically, I don't know how much it matters. The more important factors are probably cost and expertise to manage it. I know, for example, that, from what I've seen, the F5 is a complex product and will require training to manage it properly. ServerIron may be similar but seemed more straightforward from my limited perspective (it was managed by another group that I interfaced with to get it set up).
Depending on the complexity of your environment and the amount of traffic, you may be able to get by fine with a Linux box with and some type of Open Source load balancer (if there is one). Lyle From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Abry Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Load Balancer Recommendations 7.5 AR Server Environment ** Hi List, We are looking into purchasing a load Balancer for the Mid-Tier and a second load Balancer for the ARServers. We will be using ITSM 7.6 / 7.5 ARServer in a all Windows 2003 environment. We are using IIS / Apache Servlet Engine. We have a high number of users connecting via the Mid-Tier... I am looking for any recommendations on what customers are currently using for load balancers as well as success stories. I know BMC has recommendations in the "Using a hardware load Balancer 7.1" white paper, but it would be good to know what has proven to be successful since BMC support only provides the white paper... I have seen on the list that some customers are using F5 BIG-IP. Thanks in advance. V/R, David Abry _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
