RE: [fw-wiz] External Load Balancing

From: Dave Wiley (davew_at_cenuco.com)
Date: 01/06/05

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:20:31 -0500

    Richard:

    I have worked with F5's BIG/IP, Radware's WSD, Alteon's ACE director, and
    Foundry's Server Iron products. In my opinion, F5 and Radware are the best,
    but it also depends on your configuration. Are all four firewalls in the
    same location, are they "air-gapped", and/or are they geographically
    dispersed? Are they all the same manufacturer? I'm assuming that you've
    already ruled out some form of VRRP provided by the firewall manufacturer
    and/or it doesn't apply to your situation.

    Dave Wiley
    www.cenuco.com

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    From: firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com
    [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com] On Behalf Of Richard St
    John
    Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:21 AM
    To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
    Subject: [fw-wiz] External Load Balancing

    Good morning list,

    We are currently running in an outbound load balanced setup. A packet from
    inside has a one in four chance of hitting a specific firewall.

    We are beginning to look at load balancing the external side of our network
    so that a packet from the outside has a one in four chance of hitting a
    specific firewall.

    A quick search of the internet turned up:

    Resonate Central Dispatch
    Radware Web Server Director
    Alteon ACE director 2
    F5 Big/ip
    Coyote Point Equalizer E250
    Holon Tech Hyper Flow 2
    IBM WebSphere Perf. Pack
    Hydra Web Hydra
    Ipivot Intelligent Broker 4000

    Anyone have comments about these?

    Richard St. John
    Graybar Electric Company

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