In the ever-evolving world of IT, staying ahead isn’t just a goal—it’s survival. Clinging to legacy load balancers is like getting stuck in quicksand, bogging down your team like a hamster in an upgrade wheel. This blog explores the pitfalls of outdated solutions and how Avi breaks the cycle.
The Endless Grind: How Legacy Load Balancers Drain IT Teams
Legacy load balancers drain IT teams with downtime, complex planning, and endless upgrades. From struggling to schedule downtime windows to repetitive tasks including coordination that stretch for months, professionals are stuck in a constant race, hindering business agility.
1. Highly Inefficient and Complex
Upgrading legacy load balancers is an endless cycle—one update finishes, another begins. Like painting the Golden Gate Bridge, it’s a never-ending, time-consuming, and frustrating task, keeping IT teams in perpetual catch-up mode.
2. Upgrade Challenges
Upgrading hundreds of load balancers individually is a logistical nightmare. To avoid downtime, IT workers find themselves working during off-peak hours, nights, and weekends just to keep the system afloat. Coordinating with multiple application owners further adds to the complexity.
3. Repetitive Tasks Over Months
Legacy load balancers force IT teams into repetitive tasks that span months. Upgrading standby units, performing failovers, testing, and upgrading new standby units become a repeating cycle. It’s a constant battle to keep up with the demands of evolving software.
Upgrade Smarter, Not Harder: How Avi Transforms IT Operations
Avi saves hundreds of man-hours, eliminating excessive coordination with disruption-free upgrades, Avi allows IT teams to focus on innovation rather than firefighting.
1. Flexible Upgrades
Avi’s revolutionary Flexible Upgrades enable single-app updates, minimizing fault domains and simplifying rollbacks for seamless, low-risk upgrades. The built-in Dry-Run feature lets teams test updates in a sandbox, reducing the need for extensive coordination and scheduling.
2. Seamless Control and Data Plane Upgrades
Avi’s separated control and data plane allows controller upgrades without disrupting traffic. During data plane (Service Engine) upgrades, traffic auto-diverts seamlessly, eliminating late-night maintenance, frustrated users, and lengthy upgrade windows.
3. Boost Efficiency
Avi cuts upgrade time and manual effort with automation and targeted updates, eliminating the need for excessive back-and-forth coordination and repetitive team sign-offs that legacy systems demand. IT teams can save hundreds of hours otherwise spent on planning, testing, and scheduling.
In conclusion, legacy load balancers can keep you trapped in a never-ending cycle of upgrades, complexity, and frustration. Avi offers a way out – a simpler, more efficient, and highly effective solution that can transform your IT operations. Upgrade today and bid farewell to the upgrade hamster wheel for good. Your time is precious; reclaim it with Avi.
