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CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages vs F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] comparison

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CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Suppo...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
484th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
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F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
159th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
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Chaithanya Kutnikar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at Capgemini
Modern infrastructure has supported cloud migrations and improved secure distributed workloads
Among the downsides of CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages, I find that while installation becomes easier, the migration process concerning mainframes has been well-represented, especially with CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages 10 now integrating AI capabilities. The inclusion of GPUs and other resources to process large datasets could be a future direction worth pursuing, enhancing its abilities with RAG or generative AI through proper prompt engineering and ethics considerations. I would prefer to see more AI integrations within CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages. IBM is already making strides in this area by investing significantly. Following their acquisition and merger with Red Hat, CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages distribution aligns closely with Red Hat's, fostering AI capabilities and a futuristic approach to enhance daily operations through flexible application building on virtual machines.
Dimitrov Nikolay - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead and Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Advanced automation and powerful traffic controls have improved application security
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support is something that definitely could be improved in F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]. I mean HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocol support, as well as security for them too. For F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] to have better support for them would include load balancing, but also better WAF (Web Application Firewall) support for these two protocols. Improving the mentioned HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support and the GUI would be beneficial. If they improve those things and add machine learning and AI, I want it to have some kind of AI on the box because everyone is going to AI, and they have to add some AI security to be able to check the traffic using AI models. HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocol support, AI, the GUI to be changed, and inline AI where the device downloads pre-built AI models from a SaaS cloud to check the traffic for security is something I think is very needed because using AI models as a replacement for signatures will be better. I think WAF signatures are a thing of the past. I would also like to see HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 in the future as additional features, and anything else I would improve would definitely include HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.

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Pros

"CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is stable as far as I am concerned. It is 100% stable."
"CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages helps with my application deployment process in general, and I get more productivity with it.I measure this productivity by the earlier build time with another OS, which was 32 minutes; with CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, we are able to achieve the build time of around 14 to 16 minutes, down from an earlier 32 to 36 minutes."
"The low cost, low maintenance, support, and latency features of CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages are what I appreciate the most about it."
"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is the best option on the market without any question."
"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is an application delivery controller that does what it says on the tin, and we use it as a firewall, routing device, WAF, and more, leveraging a full set of its capabilities."
"The best features for me in the product are that geotagging is very nicely incorporated and rule creation for incoming traffic is very user-friendly."
"The customization that iRule gives is far beyond what is available in the market when comparing to their competitors including Radware, Array, and other vendors."
"For performance, reliability, and flexibility, F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is significantly ahead."
"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] data plane is very powerful; traffic is processed very quickly."
 

Cons

"I experienced some lagging or crashing when I migrated to CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages 8; this event occurred during the early stage of that version."
"The support system is not very much up to the mark as we have with Ubuntu, and definitely, with respect to CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, the help or support forum needs to be more comprehensive so that for many issues we need not reinvent the wheel."
"I see a drawback with F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]: pools and nodes are two features that are very similar and shouldn't be divided like that, because they are almost the same thing."
"I think F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] can be improved, particularly on the metric side."
"I am not sure whether putting all eggs in one basket is a good thing."
"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is expensive; it is very expensive, but they are the leader, so everyone buys F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]."
"One of the areas for improvement in F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is the licensing part, as the cost is comparatively very high."
"I would appreciate improvements in the UI because F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]'s traditional UI differs from others that have made their interfaces more user-friendly; F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]'s approach is still traditional, with upgrades that are still manual, while competition has made upgrades easy with one-click processes."
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages?
Pricing challenges may be difficult for me to address since I focus primarily on technical details and tend to negotiate trade-offs based on requirements. When good hardware is present, particularl...
What needs improvement with CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages?
Among the downsides of CentOS 9 | Support by SupportedImages, I find that while installation becomes easier, the migration process concerning mainframes has been well-represented, especially with C...
What is your primary use case for CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages?
CentOS 9 is still in use in my infrastructure operations and support coming from a traditional data center background. I utilized it extensively in projects from 2022 to 2024, including retailers a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]?
My thoughts on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing part of F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] are that for some markets, F5 prices are not competitive with what the competition is offering; although...
What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]?
I would appreciate improvements in the UI because F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]'s traditional UI differs from others that have made their interfaces more user-friendly; F5 BIG-IP [Private Offe...
What is your primary use case for F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]?
My use cases for F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] include working on F5 ASM, and I feel the differentiator is their iRule and the detection capability, which will be differentiators compared to other...
 

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