Kemp LoadMaster

We are currently utilizing Kemp LoadMaster to load balance our web shops and internal tools and have integrated it with various third-party tools such as Azure DevOps, Redis, and Kubernetes. While invisible, it is being utilized to manage traffic across the entire organization. I've used competing load balancers previously and Kemp LoadMaster is the simplest, most efficient load balancer I have used in my 25 years in the tech industry. It allows SSL acceleration as well as a great way to load balance via VS or SUBVS options. The way I'm able to consolidate environments into groups such as demo environments, test environments, and production environments with an at a glance view is indispensable. The cost is the best price on the market, in my opinion, and the support team I have access to is excellent.

We use Kemp LoadMaster as load-balancer and publishing solution for the whole organization. It solved the high availability for All web Servers and Mail solutions, and we also use it as web application firewall to publish our applications to the internet and protect our application from attackers on the internet.

Our primary requirement is load balance and protect the exchange active sync and OWA requests. We were using Microsoft TMG server previously for proxy server to protect our exchange server. We recently decided to upgrade exchange server, but MS TMG server support has expired. I was looking for a solution that can provide similar solution as TMG server. While I was talking to a consultant, they recommended Kemp load balancer. On top of proxy server, I also configured Exchange with DAG, so we needed load balancing as well. We are using it for whole corporation, and it provides the business continuity.

I think i have made the best decision so i would not change my evaluation or selection process.

I have their enterprise license. I didn't purchase the premium support. With the support i have, most issues were resolved so i never needed it.

Recently, i needed to move my KEMP server to new VMware physical host. I was under the impression that i can simply move it and it will be fine. After i moved the VM, the license was not working due to MAC restrictions. I called their support, and they walked me through with installing it from scratch and restore the configuration from old server. This was done in a very short time. I was really happy with the support.

Kemp LoadMaster is being used as an on-premises load balancer and SSL termination. The product is easy to use in the browser interface. The API/CLI could use some more features to bring it on parity with the GUI. Overall it provides the needed features with ease of use and great support for our needs so far.