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F5 PRODUCT SUITES


F5 Product SuitesApplication Load

Balancer

(F5 Local Traffic Manager)

Data Center Load Balancer

(F5 Global Traffic Manager)

Web Accelerator &WAN Optimizer

(F5 Application Accelerator Manager)

Web Application Firewall

(F5 Application Security Manager)

Anti DDOSNetwork Firewall

(F5 Advanced Firewall Manager)

SSL VPN & Login Management

(F5 Access Policy Manager)

Advanced Link Load Balancer

(F5 Link Controller)

Centralized Management

(F5 BIG-IQ)


General Advantages

All function modules can be combined in 1 box• Except Link Controller and WAN Optimizer

Redundant deployment in Active-Active mode

Base functionality• TCP Optimization• Basic link load balancing


Gartner Magic Quadrant: Application Delivery Controller


ADC Leaders Comparison# Subjects F5 Citrix Radware

1 One hardware for multiple function modules

Yes Yes No, it needs separate hardware for load balancer, web acceleration and web application firewall

2 Active-active mode in redundant hardware configuration*

YesOnly needs minimum 2 devices.Support persistence mirroring

Yes, but needs 3rd device and does not support persistence mirroring

Yes, but does not support persistence mirroring

3 HTML Optimization Yes No Yes, in separate hardware

4 Redundant power supply Yes Yes Yes

* Persistence mirroring is needed for website with user login


Implementation Area

Web & application load balancing, accelerator & security

Data center load balancing

Network & Access Security

Inter-site network optimization

Internet link load balancing


Web & ApplicationLoad Balancing and Security

SERVERS

Get Less Requests >>>

Response FASTER

CLIENTS (WAN, LAN, Internet)

Get FASTER Responses

Compressed

Response from F5 Cache

TCP Optimization for Internet Link

HTTPS Secured

Offload Compression

Less Requests for Static Contents

TCP Optimization for LAN

Offload Encryption

Hacking Clients

DOS AttacksSQL Injections

Data Theft AttemptsPassword Brute ForceSecurity Bug Hacking

etc.

F5 Product Suites:

Server Load Balancer(F5 LTM)

Content Optimization(F5 AAM)

Web Application Firewall(F5 ASM)

Blocked by F5 ASM

HTML, Image & PDF Optimization

F5 AAM HTML Optimization

index.html:

<html><head><link rel=stylesheet type=text/css href="content.css"></head><body>......<script language=javascript src=process.js></script>

</body></html>

content.css:

body {font-family: Tahoma;background-color:red;}table {border-collapse:collapse}td {border-color:black}th {border-color:black}

process.js:

function getdata() {......}

function formatdata {......}

ORIGINAL(Needs 3 HTTP Requests)

F5 AAMHTML Optimization

index.html:

<html><head>

<style>body {font-family: Tahoma;background-color:red;}table {border-collapse:collapse}td {border-color:black}th {border-color:black}</style>

</head><body>

...

...<script language=javascript>function getdata() {......}

function formatdata {......}</script>

</body></html>

OPTIMIZED(Only Needs 1 HTTP Request)


Data Center Load Balancing

F5 GTM’s Smart DNS MechanismEnables Application Accesses to Multiple DCs

Data Center 1(ACTIVE)

Data Center 2(ACTIVE)

Data Center Load Balancer (F5 GTM) Data Center Load Balancer (F5 GTM)

Web/Apps Load Balancer (F5 LTM) Web/Apps Load Balancer (F5 LTM)

Synchronizationinc. App Status

Web/ApplicationServers

Application Status Application Status

ApplicationTransactions

Web/ApplicationServers

ApplicationTransactions

Internet&

Intranet

Query: IP Address ofappserver.company.com?

Query: IP Address ofappserver.company.com?Answer:

Load BalancerIP Address

Answer:Load Balancer

IP Address


Network & Access Security

Network firewall with Anti DDOS design

Full proxy architecture provides higher performance than standard state-full firewall

TCP optimization for LAN & WAN

Advanced Routing license is included for OSPF dynamic routing

F5 APM manages single-sign-on across multiple applications

F5 Product Suites:

Network Firewall (F5 AFM)Access Management & SSL VPN (F5 APM)

Internet VPN Access, etc Intranet


Inter-site WAN Optimization & Security

Accelerate up to

• 240x for FTP• 55x for CIFS (Windows File Share)• 10x for Oracle Stream• 60x for Netapp FlexCache• 95x for Netapp SnapMirror• 3.9x for VMWare Vmotion• 18x for Oracle Data Guard / Golden Gate

WAN Optimization for Web-based

Application?

• Not needed due to inherent compression within HTTP protocol

F5

ApplicationAcceleration

Manager

NetworkSite 1 LAN LAN

NetworkSite 2

Optimized WAN

Compression & Deduplication

TCP Optimization

IPsec Encrypted Tunnel

F5

ApplicationAcceleration

Manager


Internet Link Load Balancing

Network router with advanced link load balancing capability

Inbound & outbound load balancing

Cost-based load balancing

Link health monitoring

F5 Link Controller

Internet

ISP 1

Intranet

Internet

ISP 2


Platforms

BIG-IP hardware

Viprion blade hardware

Virtual edition


Hardware Platforms: BIG-IP

13 Hardware Types

From To


Hardware Platforms: Viprion Blade

5 Blade types, 4 Chassis types

From 1X To 8X


Branch Office Device (BIG-IP 2000s/2200s)

THROUGHPUT

5 Gbps L4/L7, 4 Gbps SSL

COMPRESSION

2000s: 2.5 Gbps2200s: 4 Gbps

New Connection Rate

2000s: 75K TCP/s2200s: 150K TCP/s

F5 Suites in 1 HW

F5 AFM : Network Firewall with Dynamic Routing & Anti DDOS

F5 AAM : WAN OptimizerORF5 LC : Advanced Link Load Balancer

Basic Link Load Balancing is Included in Base Platform

Internet

ISP 1

IntranetISP 2

Internet


Virtual Platforms

Run on top of VMWare, Citrix, Microsoft

virtualization

Suitable for lab/development

purpose


BIG-IQ Centralized Management

Centralized management of F5 devices

Configuration & license management

Software update management

Available in hardware or virtual platforms