F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition vs MySQL on Ubuntu comparison

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ROI

Sentiment score

5.9

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition boosts ROI via improved performance, security, and cost savings, enhancing business growth and efficiency.

Sentiment score

3.8

MySQL on Ubuntu offers significant cost savings and efficiency, outperforming Postgres while adapting to modern backup and recovery practices.

Overall, I can say the ROI includes a twenty-five to thirty percent cost reduction, with some areas achieving forty percent cost reduction in our expenses.

reviewer2800392

Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There is a significant performance improvement in the website and website speed.

Hammad Halim

IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT

With F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, we have not faced any RMAs, which has made a positive operational impact.

Abdul Rehman Manzoor

Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily

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I have seen a return on investment with MySQL on Ubuntu because I can say that everything we can do here is save money and time, and even we are using a small number of team to handle it.

Nirav Patel

Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have indeed seen a return on investment, particularly in time saved, as using MySQL on Ubuntu has proven to be 15 to 20% quicker than building a Postgres database.

reviewer2795433

Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I have seen a return on investment with MySQL on Ubuntu, as it saves me time and money.

reviewer2805456

Student at a university with 501-1,000 employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition support is generally praised for its effectiveness and quick response, with some concerns about cost and consistency.

Sentiment score

4.4

MySQL on Ubuntu boasts strong 24/7 support, extensive documentation, and a community-driven approach enhanced by additional online resources.

I would rate the customer support on a scale of one to ten as a perfect ten based on all of the experience I have had so far.

Abdul Rehman Manzoor

Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily

Customer support for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is excellent.

Hammad Halim

IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT

F5 support is knowledgeable and helpful for complex LTM and ASM issues.

reviewer2800341

Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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I used AWS support, and they are very quick to respond.

reviewer2795433

Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Whenever we can, we call the support and they fix the problem right away.

reviewer2023968

IT Administrator at a university with 51-200 employees

GitHub Copilot provides substantial information that helps when encountering errors.

Miguel Angel Jimenez Barros

Erp Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.6

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition excels in scalability, high availability, and resource adjustments, with minor limitations under extreme load.

Sentiment score

6.4

MySQL on Ubuntu is scalable, reliable, cost-efficient, and optimized for diverse workloads, with effective clustering enhancing scalability.

It is the most scalable and reliable system.

reviewer2800341

Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Within ten minutes of time, we can scale and boot as many virtual machines as needed in the environment.

reviewer2800392

Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Being a virtual edition, we were able to scale resources such as CPU, memory, and throughput based on our demand without major architectural changes.

reviewer2802939

Network Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

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When running on EC2 instances, for example, I can scale it from zero to 10,000 machines or even higher.

reviewer2795433

Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Clustering is useful because that helps with high availability and scalability.

reviewer1458420

CEO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

MySQL on Ubuntu provides excellent reliability for scalability needs.

Pranay Jain

Senior software developer at Simplifyvms

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.4

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition offers improved performance, stability, and reliability, despite challenges with high traffic loads and system dependencies.

Sentiment score

7.6

MySQL on Ubuntu is praised for its stability, effective process management, and compatibility, benefiting various company sizes with efficient data handling.

The load balancing module still performed admirably.

reviewer2800377

Sr network engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The performance increased significantly and the response times of the application improved.

Anshul Goel

Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The uptime improvements with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition are almost close to 100%, as it only goes down if a failover happens.

reviewer1469877

Senior Network & Security Administrator at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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MySQL on Ubuntu uses the InnoDB engine, which has ACID properties integrated.

Pranay Jain

Senior software developer at Simplifyvms

In real-world production use, it has been consistently proven across startups, mid-sized companies, and large organizations as well.

Nirav Patel

Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

MySQL on Ubuntu is stable; both the MySQL component and the Ubuntu component are very stable, popular, and actively maintained.

reviewer2795433

Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition needs better performance, easier pricing, modern GUI, enhanced security, and improved load handling and training.

MySQL on Ubuntu requires enhancements in performance, security, scalability, InnoDB optimization, JSON support, and developer tools for improved usability.

The primary concern I noted regarding F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is its scalability during high-load situations.

reviewer2800377

Sr network engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

It is a somewhat expensive solution, and the price needs to be improved based on what our customers have told us.

Hammad Halim

IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT

With FortiWeb, we have a dashboard where I can check the policy status with just one click, and everything is easily accessible.

Abdul Rehman Manzoor

Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily

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Scaling out is much harder to do. Even though a master-slave setup can help maintain a real-time backup or offload queries, achieving true horizontal scaling with numerous nodes at once can be tricky with MySQL on Ubuntu.

reviewer2795433

Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The only area where I would say I have seen potential for improvement is occasional slowness, but I cannot really attribute it to the product; it could also be the design of the database and the queries.

reviewer1458420

CEO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Integration is always important regarding operating systems and these types of products, so being able to integrate and export or import from JSON structures is very critical.

GeoffreyLeigh

Chief Data Strategy and Governance Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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Setup Cost

F5 BIG-IP VE's high costs are offset by its scalability and performance, providing strong ROI despite complex licensing.

MySQL on Ubuntu offers significant cost savings with free tiers, low fees, and efficient resource usage for enterprises.

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition's pricing structure was significantly more advantageous and aligned with our budgetary considerations.

reviewer2800377

Sr network engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

My experience with pricing and setup costs for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition was mixed, as they do not have an option for 10 gig licensing, which was costly for us.

Prity Lata

Analyst at Accenture

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition solves a very significant problem of high availability and performance.

Hammad Halim

IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT

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Since MySQL on Ubuntu is quite lean, it results in low operational costs, making it favorable from a pricing perspective.

reviewer2795433

Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

We can reduce licensing cost saving with MySQL on Ubuntu because there is no cost.

Nirav Patel

Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

F5 BIG-IP VE enhances application delivery, load balancing, and security with integrated modules, boosting performance, uptime, and user efficiency.

MySQL on Ubuntu excels in reliability, scalability, and security, offering cost efficiency, Linux integration, and excellent performance.

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition helped our customers increase the high availability and performance of their applications, specifically their web applications.

Hammad Halim

IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT

If ten thousand, fifty thousand, or even a million people want to access the application simultaneously, we have configured auto-scalability.

reviewer2800392

Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition has impacted my organization positively with cost savings by saving public IP addresses, and its performance and stability, which give almost 100% uptime for the application because we have high availability.

reviewer1469877

Senior Network & Security Administrator at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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It extends with volume very well. Most RDBMS don't scale very well, but this one scales very well and has been very reliable and highly available.

reviewer1458420

CEO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

By putting it in MySQL on Ubuntu, even if the node went down, the database would come back up.

GeoffreyLeigh

Chief Data Strategy and Governance Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Since our EC2 instance is deployed in a virtual private network with MySQL on Ubuntu installed, it is protected from unauthorized access and use, and we have also encrypted the data in MySQL.

reviewer2785038

Senior Data Engineer at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees

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Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (7th)

MySQL on Ubuntu

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Operating Systems (OS) for Business (18th)

Mindshare comparison

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition and MySQL on Ubuntu aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is designed for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and holds a mindshare of 0.9%.
MySQL on Ubuntu, on the other hand, focuses on Operating Systems (OS) for Business, holds 0.1% mindshare.

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition	0.9%
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	14.3%
NetScaler	12.7%
Other	72.1%

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
MySQL on Ubuntu	0.1%
Rocky Linux	10.2%
Ubuntu Linux	8.8%
Other	80.9%

Operating Systems (OS) for Business

Featured Reviews

reviewer2800392

Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Cloud deployment has simplified traffic distribution and now supports flexible multi-zone DR

Regarding F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition's improvement areas, the current dashboard is very useful, but I believe the registration process should be simplified in the virtual edition. Especially in the Azure environment, many features are not currently aligned and working with Azure. We need to make efforts to ensure it is well integrated with Azure. Currently, if we want to integrate route tables with the virtual F5 edition, we need to deploy scripting inside the virtual F5 instances, and then that script performs the virtual IP route table changes in the Azure environment. This feature should be auto-configured, and efforts are needed to ensure the virtual edition is very much aligned with the Azure environment. I am expecting this improvement in the next edition. The failover capability is also not as good as it should be. We have tested the failover functionality, and sometimes we have observed that failover fails. F5 does not successfully fail over to other instances perfectly, so that also needs to be improved. Security should also be enhanced, as in the past I have seen some security loopholes. Tightening of security should be included in the new software. These improvements should be present in near future editions.

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Pranay Jain

Senior software developer at Simplifyvms

Reliable data platform has improved uptime and reduced infrastructure and licensing costs

MySQL on Ubuntu is an open-source relational database management system that stores data in tables and columns. It is free, open-source, and very stable for servers with easy installation for our production application. MySQL on Ubuntu demonstrates excellent stability and works very effectively with our Node.js backend. It is memory and disk efficient while providing regular security and bug updates. From an organizational perspective, MySQL on Ubuntu offers significant advantages. The cost is excellent since it is open-source with no licensing fees. The reliability it provides is outstanding with minimal crashes and exceptional stability. The improved application performance is notable with fast query searches and superior indexing properties. MySQL on Ubuntu saves considerable time and reduces operational costs through decreased database licensing fees as an open-source solution. We achieve a thirty to sixty percent reduction in infrastructure costs. System uptime is excellent in our stable Linux environment, reaching 99.9 percent uptime. Application performance improvements are substantial, delivering twenty-five to forty percent faster API responses when queries are optimized according to our needs.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

30%

Healthcare Company

12%

University

11%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

The integration capabilities of the product are easy to use, and there is no complexity involved in it.

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

Improvements for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition should include training for newcomers. If they are not aware, it can be beneficial for them to learn. In authentication, there is currently a single metho...

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What advice do you have for others considering F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

I would definitely recommend F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition to others so they can opt for this option.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MySQL on Ubuntu?

Regarding pricing and licensing, I use the free tier, so I don't know much about pricing.

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What needs improvement with MySQL on Ubuntu?

I have not noticed any specific improvements in my projects since starting with MySQL on Ubuntu, as I am using it at a beginner level, so I don't know what improvements are needed. However, I find ...

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What is your primary use case for MySQL on Ubuntu?

My main use case for MySQL on Ubuntu is for most of my projects. I use it for my college project when I need to maintain a database. I choose MySQL on Ubuntu because Ubuntu is supportive of Linux, ...

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Overview

When you need to move faster than hardware allows, BIG-IP Virtual Editions (VEs) deliver the application services you need in a more agile and flexible form factor. Get the scalability, security, and automatability BIG-IP products are known for—all in software designed for use in single-, hybrid-, or multi-cloud architectures.

MySQL on Ubuntu offers a reliable, scalable, and high-performance database management environment. Known for its efficient installation and robust community support, it boosts application performance while securely handling data and reducing costs due to its open-source nature.

MySQL on Ubuntu provides a powerful solution for database management needs, offering high availability and improved data management processes. It supports web and backend applications through strong security and role-based access, enhancing performance with fast queries. While seen as reliable, areas like performance, security, and analytics query capability require attention. Auto-tuning and easier cluster setups are necessary improvements, and concerns around Oracle's involvement prompt considerations of alternatives like MariaDB. Nevertheless, the integration with technologies like AWS, Python, and Docker facilitates effortless deployment and data consistency.

What are the key features of MySQL on Ubuntu?

Reliability: Ensures stable operations with high availability for applications.
Scalability: Easily manages growing database demands for expanding businesses.
Performance: Turbocharges application speed with fast query processing.
Security: Offers role-based access and secure data handling.
Open-source: Reduces costs and licensing fees with community support.

What benefits should users evaluate in reviews?

Cost Efficiency: Lower licensing and infrastructure expenses.
Ease of Use: Simplifies installation and setup for quick deployment.
Community Support: Access to a wealth of resources and assistance.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly works with AWS, Python, and Docker.
Data Consistency: Maintains accurate and reliable information storage.

MySQL on Ubuntu is widely implemented in industries like e-commerce, education, finance, and tech. It supports database management for e-commerce platforms, faculty management systems, credit analysis, transactional applications, and workforce analytics. Its role in automation and user event tracking is significant, especially when embedding in WordPress sites and end-user apps for managing user accounts, transactions, and historical data.

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