(Plug) ...You can't forget about gf-slb: http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog41/presentations/Kapela-lightning.pdf
Some LB tasks are simply "perfect" workloads for ecmp and a few server boxes...also note IP SLA + tracked objects + IOS embeded event manager can do far more than I show in these slides. In short, your LB task might not require dedicated hardware. -Tk -----Original Message----- From: scott owens <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 07:30:25 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [c-nsp] Server Load Balancer - Cisco vs Brocade vs F5 Not knowing what the intended traffic type is - you left out Barracuda and NetScalers which perform great and are at opposite ends of the financial spectrum. Don't just look at the 3 you mentioned. > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 22:42:44 +0000 > From: Felix Nkansah <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [c-nsp] Server Load Balancer - Cisco vs Brocade vs F5 > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi All, > > I deployed a number of Cisco CSS load balancers for a client, about 2 years > ago. > > However, they tell me today that they are unhappy with the product and are > considering non-Cisco alternatives for their new projects. > > Interestingly, all they say is that they have "issues" with Cisco CSS; I > don't know what those problems are. > > They are considering either of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager or Brocade > ServerIron ADX platforms for their new server load-balancing needs. > > I was wondering if any of you have praises for the F5 and/or Brocade > load-balancing offerings? > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
