Case Study: CARFAX achieves zero downtime, enhanced security, and lower costs with F5 Networks

CARFAX Consolidates Security Solutions with F5 to Do More with Less

CARFAX, a leading provider of vehicle history information, was struggling with exponential web traffic growth, frequent outages, DDoS and web‑scraping attacks, and a complex multi‑vendor infrastructure. To ensure continuous availability, protect proprietary data, and simplify operations, CARFAX turned to F5 Networks and initially deployed BIG‑IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and BIG‑IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM) on a VIPRION high‑performance chassis, later adding BIG‑IP AFM, ASM and APM.

F5 Networks delivered a consolidated BIG‑IP/VIPRION solution that combined intelligent traffic management with integrated security controls. The deployment produced measurable results: site downtime went to zero, DDoS and bot attacks are mitigated, data theft is prevented, support costs fell ~10%, management time decreased ~25% (equivalent to nearly one week regained per month), and CARFAX eliminated hardware from each data center—enabling rapid, scalable growth and faster time‑to‑market.

CARFAX

Chris Thomas

Network Manager