[Baylisa] any preferred F5 resellers?

Tue May 14 16:40:03 PDT 2013

I've purchased used F5 from NHR for lab use, but be careful with F5's
policy on lapsed maintenance contracts and stiff 'recertification fee'. 
See http://www.f5.com/pdf/customer-support/customer-support-service-fees.pdf

NHR and WDPI are both great vendors for used networking gear.

-Victor

On 5/14/13 4:18 PM, Robert Novak wrote:
> I second NHR for budget/used gear... Redapt was good when I was in the
> buying side for aftermarket but they may have gone more toward new
> authorized reseller stuff.
>
> I'd suggest ACS in Sunnyvale as well (http://www.acsacs.com/). I can give
> you a contact there if you want, I worked with them for a few years as
> well.
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Alexei Rodriguez <
> alexei.rodriguez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have had good luck with Intervision for F5 gear in the past; Ben Escobar
>> is great.
>>
>> If you want some used gear, NHR is a good source.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Alexei
>>
>> On May 14, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Ray Wong <rayw at rayw.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Am guessing resellers can offer somewhat improved pricing (and probably
>>> better customer service) than going F5 direct for a smaller shop... I'm
>>> looking to improve from an old pair of 6400s to something a little more
>>> capable with greater simplicity than rolling my own HAproxy solution...
>>>
>>> I'm also open to bringing in an F5 consultant for a quick evaluation of
>> if
>>> our current hardware is even working right, if our configs look
>> reasonable,
>>> and make recommendations on what we really need, if anyone has recs on
>> that.
>>> -R>
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