A10 Thunder ADC
6.2#4 in load balancing softwareAPILinuxSelf-hosted
Visit| Fact | A10 Thunder ADC | Array APV |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | The product is offered as physical and SPE appliances, virtual appliances, bare metal, containers, and cloud deployments. | Array says its products can be deployed as physical or virtual appliances, on hyper-converged infrastructure, or on AWS, Azure, and Google. |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, United States | Milpitas, California, United States |
| Integrations | The product page names Terraform and Ansible for CI/CD integration, TKC and HashiCorp NIA with Consul for Kubernetes service discovery, and Prometheus/Grafana for monitoring. | The x850 datasheet lists integration with OpenStack Load Balancing-as-a-Service, VMware Cloud Orchestrator, and Microsoft System Center standards. |
| Intended users | A10 describes Thunder ADC as intended for SMBs, large enterprises, service providers, and cloud operators managing mission-critical applications. | Array describes its solutions as serving banking, healthcare, manufacturing, government, education, and service providers. |
| Load balancing | It provides Layer 4–7 load balancing with customizable service health checks and aFleX scripting. | The APV Series supports load balancing across Layers 2, 3, 4, and 7, with health checks, persistence, clustering, and failover. |
| Purpose | Thunder ADC is an application delivery controller and Layer 4–7 load balancer designed to protect critical applications, maintain server availability, and accelerate content delivery. | APV Series application delivery controllers provide application availability, scalability, performance, security, and traffic control. |
| Security | The product includes web and DNS firewall capabilities, single sign-on, DDoS protection, and support for advanced encryption including PFS and ECC. | The APV x850 datasheet describes WebWall web application security capabilities and DDoS protection. |
| Support | A10 says its technical assistance center uses follow-the-sun support, and customers with a valid Thunder or AX Series support contract can download current software releases and receive product updates. | Array directs product usage issues to Customer Support and lists [email protected] for feedback or suggestions in the vAPV administration guide. |
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It suits organizations from SMBs and large enterprises to service providers and cloud operators that need application delivery, load balancing, and security features. Teams using varied deployment models or automation integrations may also find its listed options relevant.
APV may suit organizations that need application delivery and traffic controls, including those in the listed sectors. Its SSL/TLS capabilities are described for SaaS, e-commerce, and business-critical applications requiring high-volume secure connectivity.