5 Reasons to Switch from F5 BIG-IP to NGINX Plus
5 Reasons to Switch from F5 BIG-IP to NGINX Plus Last year we compared the price and performance of NGINX Plus to several models of F5 BIG‑IP application delivery controllers. We determined that you can save over 80% in Year 1 by switching to NGINX Plus, while equaling or exceeding the performance of F5 appliances. BIG‑IP ADCs are costly because of their custom hardware, such as Cavium Nitrox chips to accelerate SSL/TLS connections and a custom ASIC to do Layer 4 load balancing in hardware. Custom hardware for load balancing used to be a cost‑effective approach because the equivalent processing power in commodity servers was either not available or far more expensive. But servers have gotten significantly cheaper and faster over time, so custom hardware is now the more expensive option. Also, by focusing on building hardware appliances, F5 has neglected the needs of modern applications, which [ more… ]
