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NAS vs Object Storage: what's best for unstructured data? Himakshi Goswami
Scale-out NAS or object storage: which one should you choose for your business? We run through the pros and cons of each.

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What's the best 10G switch upgrade path - 40G or 25G? Ged Ward
How do we choose between the varying Ethernet technologies? We explore the simplest and most cost effective upgrade path.

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DC (direct current) powered application delivery: an energy-saving game changer for the data center industry? Himakshi Goswami
The AC versus DC debate is ongoing. Find out which power supply works best when it comes to the modern day data center – and why.

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Why choosing a load balancer with no end-of-life (EOL) is important George Booth
So many companies enforce end-of-life (EOL) on their products, but our customers are free to choose when to upgrade their appliances. Unlike our competitors, we don’t EOL our products.

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Kemp Technologies vs Citrix NetScaler ADC — who cares about the price? Annu Sroa
F5 Networks is still clearly the leader in the application delivery market. But it's always worth considering other options, and the obvious alternative to F5 is Citrix. A blog comparing Citrix and F5 would be

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Loadbalancer.org: The IT Central Station community weighs in Danielle Felder
Over the last few months, the team at IT Central Station reached out to Loadbalancer.org customers with one goal: to find out what they really thought about their experiences with Loadbalancer.org.

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Reading is believing: Can you trust customer reviews? Andrew Zak
If you've ever bought anything online, you've more than likely gone searching for reviews about a business. Based on your findings, it's likely to have heavily influenced whether you followed through with your purchase. However, should you trust a collection of random strangers thoughts

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Loadbalancer.org pricing — how much does it cost? James Loveday
It depends who's asking! OK, that sounds like a dubious answer. So let me be clear from the outset: our pricing is transparent and our perpetual licensing model is fair and straightforward. We don’t

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NGINX vs HAProxy — a bit like comparing a 2CV with a Tesla? Malcolm Turnbull
As I design, build and sell load balancers based on LVS and HAProxy, it’s in my interests to combat the avalanche of NGINX+ marketing propaganda that I've seen over the last year. Let's call it an attempt to skewer fake news.

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JetNEXUS (EdgeNEXUS) review and Kemp comparison Malcolm Turnbull
You can check directly what customers having been telling Gartner about Loadbalancer.org, JetNexus, Barracuda Networks and Kemp Technologies on the new PeerInsights platform.

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Kemp Technologies vs F5 — a refreshingly honest load balancer comparison Richard Halcrow
If you are trying to decide which load balancer product is right for your business, you’ve probably already discovered that it’s a market of two extremes. There are load balancers with very low

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15 reasons why you don't need a load balancer Malcolm Turnbull
OK time for another embarrassing confession, "For the last 15 years Loadbalancer.org has never needed to use a load balancer!" But that all changed when some hacker decided to attack our website.

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Do you remember when you could get fired — for not buying F5? Malcolm Turnbull
You might not be old enough to remember the highly effective marketing campaign from IBM, that implied buying from anyone else would get you fired... However, I just read Kemp Technologies mildly amusing press release

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Does your F5 migration need a Jenga consultant? Aaron West
Look, let’s make this very clear, we love F5, we think they are awesome, the best ADC in the market. But please don’t be surprised when we charge you a fairly large amount

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How should you compare load balancers? Malcolm Turnbull
If you are searching on Google for load balancer comparisons, as I just did, you will come across some blatant sales pitches from various vendors. They use dubious figures to prove that they are better

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What are the best load balancing methods and algorithms? Malcolm Turnbull
This kind of question was asked a lot more frequently ten years ago, usually followed by the second most common question: "Why do I need two load balancers?" In fact, we were asked

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10 reasons NOT to choose Loadbalancer.org... Jake Borman
After the success of my previous ramblings, 10 reasons to choose Loadbalancer.org..., I thought it only fair that I take a few moments to highlight the reasons why you shouldn't be using Loadbalancer.org.

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10 reasons to choose Loadbalancer.org... Jake Borman
Anyone who knows Loadbalancer.org knows we're a truly unique company, free from corporate constraints and wholly focused on more than just customer service excellence. Our main problem is communicating this message to the unfortunate

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