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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Peter Betyounan [mailto:peter@serversaustralia.com.au]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 1 February 2013 1:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Linden Varley<br>
<b>Cc:</b> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] A10 Networks vs F5 BIG-IP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We purchased a pair of A10 units, let us just say they blew the competition out of the water and the local support is brilliant. Just in SSL throughput alone they were 3-4x higher at half the cost.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Give Michael a call he has documentation showing you the differences in every aspect when compared to a "Small" F5 :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Michael A Schipp<b><br>
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Direct: <a href="tel:0402%20907%20928" target="_blank">0402 907 928</a><br>
Email: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:mschipp@a10networks.com" target="_blank">mschipp@a10networks.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Linden Varley <<a href="mailto:lvarley@1-stop.biz" target="_blank">lvarley@1-stop.biz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Hi guys, I just wondered if anyone had any experience with A10 network’s load balancers / ADCs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">They are relatively new to market in Australia and obviously quite a bit cheaper too, especially when you
don’t have to license each module like the BIG-IPs (GTM’s, LTMs etc). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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