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Review on BalanceNG by Lakeem Pickel

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Easy & simple Loadbalancer software

I like how it can easily scale up to many servers, and with one click of button you have thousands or even more server connected in your network without any issues at all. It also works great as virtual router between different subnets (VLANs). The GUI could definitely be more easy / intuitive if we want people just starting out using this product to find their way around. This version only lets us connect 1-2 devices per account so far but will let you go higher than 2. Also support from Energistics was not really helpful regarding our questions regarding setting things correctly. We are looking forward to see what improvements they do next when releasing newer versions of balance NG because right now there isn't much else available similar to them. One solution which allowed easier connection of multiple routers / switches into same vlan -subnet allowing to share internet access via WAN port instead having lots of cables going through each switch. I like how easy to configure the system is to use, when you have a server with more than one NIC, it's not so hard for the user to understand everything. The interface in general can be better, but the product has been great. A very good product at a very low price. We had problems with our network security in terms of load balancing servers, this solved all our problems. It is possible to load balance several servers and we don't have any problems with this.

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Pros
  • It is easy to configure and it works great for our company
Cons
  • It is not possible to load balance several servers and we don't have any problems with this