10 Questions To Ask Your ADC Provider Before You Sign Off

ADCs are heavily relied upon for their network monitoring capabilities and the ability to check a server’s state and efficiency. It is essential to analyze the long-term withstanding capacity of ADCs for seamless performance and productivity.

- Sanjai Gangadharan

With a major increase in Internet traffic, business applications, and the number of Internet-enabled devices, enterprises have seen an increase in data center traffic volume. Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) provides a host of features that maintain the availability, speed, and security of this data volume and supplements and enhances business application flow. The global application delivery controller market is estimated to cross $3.75 bn by 2022.

ADCs are heavily relied upon for the network monitoring capabilities and the ability to check a server’s state and efficiency. With ADC’s providing front-end intelligence that supplements and enhances business application flows, it is critical for organizations to analyze the potential of ADC before buying one.

Here are 10 questions customers need to ask their ADC solution provider before signing the deal.

WHAT IS THE COST I AM LOOKING AT?

One needs to know the Total Cost of Ownership for the long run before making the final purchase decision. A license renewal fee, an upgrading fee or a hidden cost popping up at every turn will only make it troublesome.

CAN I RUN ALL ADC FEATURES SIMULTANEOUSLY?