F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) improves the resilience and quality of the application itself, the speed and the user experience for the application. The data that the users need from the application is actually acquired faster. So, it provides faster data acquisition.
Learn what your peers think about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2024.
Sr. Network Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-10-08T19:39:08Z
Oct 8, 2021
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In my team, we work in a very agile environment and the solutions from BIG-IP, including BIG-IP WAF, suit us well when developing and serving our applications.
Works at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2019-04-02T07:02:00Z
Apr 2, 2019
We're able to do load balancing and global load balancing. When you marry those two products together, you can do a lot more. We're able to deliver our applications more securely and faster. It has improved our deliverability where we have more service across the shared data centers. We can intelligently reach all of those client connections across all of the servers and do it fairly quickly. It has helped improve our application delivery and performance.
Network Presales Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-03-31T09:41:00Z
Mar 31, 2019
F5 BIG-IP is used with good applications and functions as an application firewall with additional features. We will not use any feature or any service unless there is a business case and there is a need for implementation.
I was able to simply and quickly set up the WAF rules and security, and also set up easily complex policies and rules which gave me some great features to redirect.
Load balancing generally brings high availability and a bigger ability to scale out. In some cases, it brings security, depending on how it is configured.
Lead Network Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2018-07-30T06:35:00Z
Jul 30, 2018
The Local Traffic Manager (LTM) provides a simple low balance and SSL decryption, in addition to some TCP parameters, for incoming and outgoing traffic to redirect appropriate traffic patterns to appropriate servers.
Technical Product Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2018-02-06T07:39:00Z
Feb 6, 2018
It has so many features. ​First of all, it has a full proxy architecture, it has multiple modules. The best feature is the WAF, the web application firewall module. It also has cashing type capabilities. It has all kinds of load-balancing algorithms based on your IT requirements.
F5 BIG-IP LTM optimizes the speed and reliability of your apps via both network and application layers. Using real-time protocol and traffic management decisions based on app and server and connection management conditions, and TCP and content offloading, BIG-IP LTM dramatically improves application and infrastructure responsiveness. BIG-IP LTM's architecture includes protocol awareness to control traffic for the most important applications. BIG-IP LTM tracks the dynamic performance levels of...
The support from F5 BIG-IP LTM is good.
The tech support we got from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager directly was pretty good.
BIG-IP LTM's most valuable feature is that it allows you to seamlessly add more servers without impacting your application's configuration.
The feature I find the most valuable is the support infrastructure.
It is a stable product from a stable company. Recently, they have been more focused on security as well.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) improves the resilience and quality of the application itself, the speed and the user experience for the application. The data that the users need from the application is actually acquired faster. So, it provides faster data acquisition.
The load balancing function, the monitors that you can create, and iRules programmability are most valuable.
I have found F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) to be stable.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is a stable and reliable solution.
Stable and scalable network traffic management solution for applications. It has good performance.
The most valuable features are the WAF and the big IP.
Its user interface is very easy to use on a day-to-day basis. It is very user-friendly.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In terms of stability, it is stable.
The stability is excellent.
We enjoy its overall ease of use.
I've worked a little bit with iRules and it is amazing.
It is stable.
The solution is very easy to use and easy to understand. It's quite an intuitive system.
The solution has good load balancing capabilities.
The web application firewall feature is the most valuable and useful feature. It is a leading industry product when it comes to load balancing.
Its user interface is very simple. There isn't a steep learning curve. When we initiate someone to F5, they start using it quickly.
The scalability of the solution depends on the sizing of the network. Generally, the scalability is quite good.
The main reason that we suggest this product to our clients is the great integration with other security tools, such as IBM Guardium.
The most valuable feature is customization.
In my team, we work in a very agile environment and the solutions from BIG-IP, including BIG-IP WAF, suit us well when developing and serving our applications.
The solution is easy to install. It's a straightforward process.
NetFlow balancing and traffic balancing are good features.
The product is quite flexible.
This is a solution that does what it's supposed to do at the price point.
We always use technical support and the team helps us very well. They're able to effectively find and fix issues and they respond very quickly.
F5 has many capabilities for load balancing and web application firewall features.
iRule feature is useful.
The most valuable feature is the proxy.
Good application firewall.
Traffic Learning is the most valuable feature.
We're able to do load balancing and global load balancing. When you marry those two products together, you can do a lot more. We're able to deliver our applications more securely and faster. It has improved our deliverability where we have more service across the shared data centers. We can intelligently reach all of those client connections across all of the servers and do it fairly quickly. It has helped improve our application delivery and performance.
F5 BIG-IP is used with good applications and functions as an application firewall with additional features. We will not use any feature or any service unless there is a business case and there is a need for implementation.
It is a fast and available solution.
The configuration and integration into the AWS environment was pretty easy.
The product is very stable. We put a decent amount of stress on it given our load.
It can determine if the system is going down, then route the traffic somewhere else.
It has made it a single entry point for all users, verging across all the VPCs. It is more of an SSO solution versus multitier user loggin.
The most valuable feature is being able to manipulate the iRules, so you can send traffic to different avenues.
It supports APIs and virtual additions for cloud and VMware.
We have found the consistency of the application always being the way it is supposed to be as its most valuable feature.
The detail that you have available when setting up iRules.
I was able to simply and quickly set up the WAF rules and security, and also set up easily complex policies and rules which gave me some great features to redirect.
Load balancing generally brings high availability and a bigger ability to scale out. In some cases, it brings security, depending on how it is configured.
The occasion in which we needed technical support, we didn't have problems with them, because they always answered our questions without any trouble.
I have Big-IP change and control manager, which give me the roll back option. Therefore, I can view the last things which happened on the device.
It helps us recognize sessions from certain IPs that are authorized to manage the application. This is a function we haven't found anywhere else.
The Local Traffic Manager (LTM) provides a simple low balance and SSL decryption, in addition to some TCP parameters, for incoming and outgoing traffic to redirect appropriate traffic patterns to appropriate servers.
Valuable features include Link Controller and Server Load Balancer.
It is an easy way to build application policies (graphical).
It is a very good, flexible solution. It helps us to catch up on flaws in our partner solutions on top of its load balancing feature.
Initial setup is easy and pretty standard.
It has so many features. ​First of all, it has a full proxy architecture, it has multiple modules. The best feature is the WAF, the web application firewall module. It also has cashing type capabilities. It has all kinds of load-balancing algorithms based on your IT requirements.
It is very intuitive, easy to deploy, and manage.