NetScaler Reviews

I am a consultant and do not recommend specific products. I work with customers, and they decide what they want to buy. I'm a CISO as a service, dealing with security. I'm from an integrator company, and they usually sell a few products. One customer uses NetScaler for a VDI system with Citrix.

The customer is a college using NetScaler for VDI use. It allows students and lecturers access to necessary software for their courses cost-effectively.

For our VDI setup, we have two types of Citrix Netscaler solutions: one for providing application and desktop services, and another for load balancing. We sometimes face challenges like virtual appliances becoming unregistered, but we usually resolve them through checklists. Overall, Netscaler works well for load balancing in our infrastructure.

Citrix Netscaler makes it easy to provide services to end users, offering better visibility into user sessions compared to VMware. However, instability in network or machine can cause headaches as it's hard to pinpoint issues. SSL offload feature enhances security posture by providing secure connectivity between end users and backend systems. We use additional Azure remote security solutions for comprehensive protection.

The solution is used for application security. We had many applications that external users accessed. We used it in the production environment. We have suspended it due to support issues. We used multi-layer security.

The product protected us from SQL injection. Citrix is good for application protection. It has advanced features to protect from attacks.

Citrix ADM provides centralized management for various internal programs, including inventory and sales tracking, communication tools, and office programs such as Teams and Azure.

We wouldn't have comprehensive insights into our system without Citrix ADM. It provides us with essential information.

We utilize Citrix NetScaler primarily as a load balancer, gateway, and application delivery controller. Employees connect to NetScaler, which then distributes sessions to Citrix Studio Server.

In terms of network performance, NetScaler has consistently provided reliable load balancing, preventing session timeouts and queuing issues. It's proven to be a solid and versatile tool over the years.

One of the most beneficial features for application delivery is its integration with Citrix Storefront, facilitating user logins and ensuring continuity during data center outages.

 I can't speak much about NetScaler's security features as I'm not involved in managing them.

NetScaler's impact on operations has been significant, ensuring smooth traffic distribution and minimizing employee complaints about system performance.

There have been several uses, but mostly in a data center where security is required and where they can utilize a lot of load-balancing services.

As an architect, I have deployed it in so many areas. Some like to use the SSL portion of it, others, they use the load-balancing. It does a lot more than what people use it for. The one feature that works really well is the SSL VPN. It's very easy to set up and you can go very granular with it. You can define what user groups get what kind of access and the management overhead is very low.

We use it for load balancing, creating a gateway to the Internet, and establishing a remote VPN connection.

One of its most valuable features is fundamental load balancing, supporting both basic load balancing and database teams.

From a NetScaler perspective, in terms of LTM, not GSLB, NetScasler has performed very well. In comparison to F5, it holds its own.

For some of my deployments, NetScaler has been strictly a replacement to get something new in. It was cheaper than F5. We took a chance on it. The return on investment is the fact that we spent less money on it. It does do its job and it holds well against F5.