Realize your question was on the ACE appliance. However I have implemented and worked with the ACE modules. They are a big step up from the CSS in terms of performance. Configuration is very different than CSS. SSL cert handling is still a royal pain though improved from CSS. Has behaved predictably. Can't comment on reporting as I haven't been tasked with anything along those lines. Contexts are a plus. Have used up to 4 (5 including Admin) and have been satisfied with the results albeit two of the 4 contexts are in use as a dev/qa environment to mimic the two other contexts that are in production. Another pair of ACE modules are the front end web LBs for a large site and has sustained web traffic loads well over 1Gbps without blinking.
Have also worked with BigIPs and NetScalers. NetScalers have pretty and functional GUIs, even better than the BigIP. Performance with NetScalers have been ok. We seem to run into various issues every so often with them. Wouldn't really recommend them but then again, I've only worked with them a short while. BigIPs are great. Functional GUIs and good CLI and reporting as well. Have configured these at a number of sites. BigIPs are our recommended platform for load balancing. Their Support hours used to be a bit lacking but they have gotten much better. They have some new high end products approaching as well that should give the ACE competition in terms of raw throughput. Pricing for these is probably going to be sky-high but for the market they are targeted at, I don't think price will be too much of an issue. All said, I think BigIPs probably have the largest market share for good reason (or a few good reasons). Vijay Ramcharan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 18, 2008 13:51 To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] ACE (4700 Series) experience Looking for feedback on the ACE appliance? Please post reviews and/or experience with the product. I am in the process of evaluating a few different vendors and was curious how real world experience has gone. -- Regards, Jason Plank CCIE #16560 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/