Comments on: Barracuda Load Balancer 340 Review http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/ Because the world needs to hear what I have to say. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: John Cisco http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2730 John Cisco Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:50:03 +0000 http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2730 Ok i have great fun with these.... next time i am buying a kemp. However one thing you must note if your using Route Path please ensure you dont plug in both interfaces. One Public and One Private. The thing will work very unreliably if at all. DSR while they say it will work with both interfaces plugged in and on different subnets etc. It is quite unreliable and will go out every few hours. Inserting Static routes and Playing with metrics will get you some of the way there. But you will probably still have problems. The documentation is pretty bad, and I learnt more about the unit talking to support tryng to fix the aforementioned problem then from the manual. Besides that unit is good. Ok i have great fun with these…. next time i am buying a kemp.

However one thing you must note if your using Route Path please ensure you dont plug in both interfaces. One Public and One Private.

The thing will work very unreliably if at all.

DSR while they say it will work with both interfaces plugged in and on different subnets etc. It is quite unreliable and will go out every few hours.

Inserting Static routes and Playing with metrics will get you some of the way there. But you will probably still have problems.

The documentation is pretty bad, and I learnt more about the unit talking to support tryng to fix the aforementioned problem then from the manual.

Besides that unit is good.

]]> By: Jan http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2606 Jan Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:02:15 +0000 http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2606 I'm using two 340 load balancers, and run in to constant problems. Support has no clue on what to do, and I do get "I don't know" a lot. So, I'm not sure what you guys are doing that it's all great for you... Not the case with me. I’m using two 340 load balancers, and run in to constant problems. Support has no clue on what to do, and I do get “I don’t know” a lot. So, I’m not sure what you guys are doing that it’s all great for you… Not the case with me.

]]> By: Matt Weinberg http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2130 Matt Weinberg Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:19:17 +0000 http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2130 Ron Davis (above) is right... support for the Barracuda LB's is great during business hours and abysmal during non-business hours. You can't beat the price, and overall we've had a satisfactory experience with the LB's. The product is very green, though. There's LOTS of room for improvement. Ron Davis (above) is right… support for the Barracuda LB’s is great during business hours and abysmal during non-business hours. You can’t beat the price, and overall we’ve had a satisfactory experience with the LB’s. The product is very green, though. There’s LOTS of room for improvement.

]]> By: John Penrod http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2114 John Penrod Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:26:53 +0000 http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2114 We use DSR with weather.com. In adition, we use Netscalers for the L7 load balancing. Last winter storm, we took a 110 million page view day. Equal's about 2 billion hits. DSR works well... :) We use DSR with weather.com. In adition, we use Netscalers for the L7 load balancing. Last winter storm, we took a 110 million page view day. Equal’s about 2 billion hits. DSR works well… :)

]]> By: Ron Davis http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2108 Ron Davis Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:48:06 +0000 http://www.imroot.com/2007/10/09/barracuda-load-balancer-340-review/#comment-2108 Nice review. I'll just add that when you call support, you've got to find somebody that can help you. If you're getting a call back from them, the guy is probably qualified. But if you call them (especially between midnight and 5am California time), chances are REALLY good that your mother knows more about the load balancers than the support guy. At least, that's been my experience. Thrice. Nice review.

I’ll just add that when you call support, you’ve got to find somebody that can help you. If you’re getting a call back from them, the guy is probably qualified. But if you call them (especially between midnight and 5am California time), chances are REALLY good that your mother knows more about the load balancers than the support guy. At least, that’s been my experience. Thrice.

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