Firewall Wizards: Re: External Load Balancing

[Roger Marquis <marquis () roble com>]

Warren Verbanec wrote:
> I've had best results with Foundry. =
> www.foundrynet.com/products/webswitches/serveriron/fwlb.html
I'll second that, having used a number of fast and rock-solid
Foundrys.

> Sweet Jeebus!- don't go with F5! Their performance numbers are nowhere =
> near what they claim to be (in my experience). Just waaaay too many =
> exceptions to the rule.
Big/ip is really a different animal, designed for DNS-based load
balancing across physically remote networks.

If you don't mind delegating DNS, and need to balance across colos,
F5 is most popular tool for the job.  If you're balancing within a
single colo or comm closet, however, get a Foundry.

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/
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