Posted on by admin in Barracuda Load Balancer
Barracuda Load Balancer, Barracuda Networks, Firmware Release
Barracuda Networks has announced that the Load Balancer now includes Layer 7 Content Routing and Global Server Load Balancing. Details from their press release:
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Campbell, Calif., Feb. 4, 2010 – Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced new features for the Barracuda Load Balancer, including Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) and Layer 7 content routing. Available on Barracuda Load Balancer models 440 and 640, GSLB utilizes a built-in geographical IP database that ensures traffic redirection to the next available data center in the event of outage or other performance hindering event at the primary data center.
Layer 7 content routing enables administrators to direct Web traffic to different server groups based on the content of the incoming request. Content rules can be based on any part of the incoming traffic such HTTP headers, URLs and parameters. The application modules can be deployed on multiple servers and using content rules the Barracuda Load Balancer will retrieve the correct content based on the URL path, sub domain or application parameters. Layer 7 content routing is available in Barracuda Load Balancer models 340 and above.
“Unlike competing solutions, new content routing capabilities are powered by a comprehensive rules engine enabling administrators to deploy large applications across multiple servers,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. “The Barracuda Load Balancer continues to offer exceptional ease-of-use for an enterprise-class application delivery solution at an affordable price.”
Barracuda Load Balancer firmware 3.1 adds support for 802.1Q-based virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging for advanced deployments. Utilizing this capability, the Barracuda Load Balancer can distribute traffic between servers that are deployed in different VLAN subgroups, enabling administrators to segment their backend server networks by application or user group. The Barracuda Load Balancer also introduces support for one-armed proxy deployments, allowing administrators to determine exactly what network traffic to route through the Barracuda Load Balancer.
In addition, traffic acceleration technologies such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) multiplexing have been incorporated to improve application response times. TCP multiplexing allows the Barracuda
Load Balancer to reuse existing network connections and removes the overhead associated with creating or terminating connections. This connection pooling enables administrators to achieve greater efficiency among servers and faster performing applications.
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If you like, you can view the original press release
Pricing and Availability
The new Barracuda Load Balancer firmware 3.1 is immediately available to current and future Barracuda Load Balancer customers. The Barracuda Load Balancer comes in four models ranging in price from $1,499 to $8,999 depending on the model with no per port charges or per server licensing fees.
If you would like more information on the Barracuda Load Balancer, please visit BarracudaNetworks.ca
Popularity: 33% [?]
Posted on by admin in Uncategorized |WEBaXcel |Web Acceleration
increase internet speed, Web Acceleration, WEBaXcel, XRoads Networks
The new WEBaXcel Appliance is an advanced web acceleration product designed to optimize the performance of your web-based applications and downloads. The WEBaXcel accelerates web connectivity across one or more Internet links (two or more broadband links are recommended for best performance).
It will dramatically speed up web sessions and downloads and can work with either a single Internet connection, or up to three connections – although multiple connections are recommended.
Reliability
How crticial is Internet access to your business? The WEBaXcel appliance ensures that all connectivity out to the Internet stays up and running 24/7 by automatically failing over to a secondary inexpensive broadband link.
Popularity: 49% [?]
Posted on by admin in Featured |Network Instruments |Network Management
Network Instruments, Network Management, Network Monitoring, Observer
Network Instruments has announced their “Destination Performance” tour. Here’s their announcement:
Destination: Performance
Network Instruments’ game-changing approach to network monitoring, troubleshooting, and analysis is so solid you’ve got to see it for yourself.
Avoid the roadside breakdowns that leave businesses and their clients stranded. From company-wide reports to deep packet analysis, we’ll show you the smooth road to an efficient network and a healthy business.
Join us for lunch and tips from the experts.
We’ll discuss:
- Application performance monitoring
- VoIP and UC analysis
- Device and route monitoring
- Back-in-time troubleshooting
- Enterprise-wide reporting
Plus, get a first look at our newly released Observer 13 analysis solution.
The Destination: Performance tour is scheduled to stop in the following cities:
- Minneapolis, MN – February 12, 2009
- Dallas, TX – March 3, 2009
- Chicago, IL – March 4, 2009
- Toronto, ON – March 5, 2009
- Boston, MA – March 10, 2009
- Philadelphia, PA – March 11, 2009
- Atlanta, GA – March 12, 2009
- Phoenix, AZ – March 24, 2009
- San Francisco, CA – March 25, 2009
- Seattle, WA – March 26, 2009
Questions? Contact Will McClain
About Network Instruments
Network Instruments, a leading provider of innovative analysis solutions, helps organizations and enterprises ensure the delivery of business-critical applications on their networks. The company’s monitoring and reporting products provide comprehensive visibility into networks and applications to optimize network performance, speed troubleshooting, and assist long-term capacity planning. Network Instruments solutions provide integrated enterprise-wide reporting and back-in-time investigation capabilities for troubleshooting networks. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis with sales offices worldwide and distributors in over 50 countries.
To see Network Instruments products, visit http://www.packetsniffers.com, operated by Optrics Engineering, a Network Instruments partner.
Popularity: 48% [?]
Posted on by admin in Featured |Network Monitoring |PacketTrap
Network Management, Network Monitoring, PacketTrap, Perspective, pt360
PacketTrap Perspective's Dashboard
With over 50,000 corporate users in more than 100 countries, PacketTrap provides affordable enterprise class network and application management software that improves performance across their customer’s most complex networks.
PacketTrap’s flagship solution,
PacketTrap Perspective, provides IT professionals with a 360 degree view of their single and multi-site networks and allows them to manage and maintain their infrastructure from a single interface.
PacketTrap Perspective is a comprehensive and affordable network management and application monitoring solution for single and multi-site networks. It solves the problems associated with bandwidth, performance, and connectivity and allows you to take back control of your network.
The PacketTrap pt360 Tool Suite consolidates dozens of network management and monitoring tools into a single, integrated interface.
PacketTrap pt360 Tool Suite's Dashboard
It also works well with virtual networks. You can easily monitor your virtual environment. Automatically discover your host ESX servers and associated guest VMs. Gather key statistics like status, CPU, memory, disk and interface traffic.
All of the PacketTrap products can be downloaded for trial, and evaluation from the evaluation page.
Popularity: 44% [?]
Posted on by admin in Featured |XRoads Networks |ZeroOutages
internet back up, internet backup, internet load balancing, internet redundancy, Link Load Balancer, Load Balancing, network load balancer, WAN Load Balancing
XRoads Networks recently launched it’s ZeroOutages service, which combines your existing Internet connection with a secondary broadband link.
This new service promises to deliver:
More Bandwidth
ZO provides you with the ability to leverage multiple broadband connections for faster connectivity which enables greater productivity and reduced wait time for your end-users.
More Availability
ZO ensures that you have redundancy in the event of a network failure, thus providing significant cost savings by prevent an outage and the lost of productivity and sales which can occur when a outage happens.
More Responsiveness
ZO delivers the low latency required for today’s real-time applications like VoIP, CRM and SaaS. By improving responsiveness you will get a better experience and your network administrator gets peace of mind.
Competitive Advantages
The Market Leader – ZeroOutages is the first to offer high-speed broadband load balancing and redundancy solutions specifically for small and medium-sized businesses with no ISP coordination or complex routing protocols required.
Unbeatable Price v. Performance - ZO has the market leading price for nation-wide 10Mbps service, period. At $499/mo. no other service offers the benefits and extensive feature set that is delivered by ZeroOutages. Even their base $99/mo. service provides true value in that it offers both increased web-based download speeds and at the same time ensures full network redundancy in the event of a WAN outage.
Multi-Link Multihoming (without BGP) – Ease of installation is one of the reasons so many of their customer have choosen ZeroOutages. Unlike BGP and other methods for connecting two links, there is no complex protocol setup, no coordination with each ISP, no need to go through the process of obtaining AS numbers or working with Internet working groups to allow you to configure multihoming. ZeroOutages requires none of these things, and so it is much easuer to setup and provides much more flexibility.
Industry Leading Best Practices – Due to their extensive experience in delivering load balancing and redundancy solutions thy have developed a list of best practices for handling multi-homed connectivity.
Commitment to Enterprise Class Services – Even though ZeroOutages typically caters to the small to mid-sized business market they treat every customer like they are their largest customer. This level of customer service is what keeps their customers coming back, and why they get such good word of word advertising. They remain dedicated to serving their customers so well that they would continue to recommend them to others.
Internet Connectivity Insurance for as little as $99/mo.
Their services include:
1) A secondary backup broadband connection (can also be used for load balancing traffic for increased throughput).
2) Their unique Internet redundancy switching appliance which requires no IP address changes and will automatically switch over your Internet connection in the event of a network outage.
3) 24/7/365 monitoring of each WAN link by our network operations center (NOC) with instant responsiveness in the event of a network failure. Let ZeroOutages the troubleshooting process.
Contact us today at 1-877-386-3763 and see if we can provide you with some peace of mind, and ensure that you never get those late night calls!
- The Optrics Insider
Popularity: 31% [?]
Posted on by admin in A10 Networks |AX Series |Featured
A10, A10 Networks, AX Series, Barracuda Load Balancer, load balance, Load Balancing, network load balancer, network load balancing, server load balancer, server load balancing
Twice the Performance, Half the Price
A10 Networks’ AX Series is the industry’s best price/performance advanced traffic manager – helping enterprises and ISPs maximize application availability through a high-performance and scalable Web Application Delivery Platform.
The AX’s Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) architecture has garnered the company numerous awards and is revolutionary by market standards due to native multi-systems support. ACOS includes an optimized multi-CPU architecture built from the ground up that leaps the competition in terms of performance, scalability and reliability.
As the provider of end-to-end services for mobile carriers and millions of wireless handsets around the world, our network must always be fast and reliable. We chose A10 Networks’ AX Series new generation server load balancers to enhance our carrier-grade network because they provide a new industry price/performance milestone that leaps ahead of incumbents’ offerings in this market – which allows our service to be more competitive.
-Willy Lee, senior director of operations for Core Mobility
PLATFORM:
- - Revolutionary Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) tuned for multi-core CPUs
- - Industry’s best throughput, SSL, RAM Cache and Layer 4-7 price/performance – never sacrificing features for performance
- - aRule policy editor for flexible script-based customization of traffic management and security
- - Unparalleled energy efficiency increases transactions per watt thus reducing power requirements for the lowest cost of ownership and greenest solution
- - Dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 support
- - Carrier-grade hardware components
- - All features are included with the platform at no additional charge
AX Series Process Map:
For more information and to request a demo or eval unit go to:
www.LoadBalancerSolutions.com/a10/ax-series.aspx
Popularity: 13% [?]
Posted on by admin in A10 Networks |AX Series
A10, A10 Networks, AX Series, Barracuda Load Balancer, load balance, Load Balancing, load balancing server, network load balancing
A10 Networks® announced earlier this year the results of two independent performance tests conducted by The Tolly Group, which evaluate A10′s AX Series Advanced Traffic Managers using the same methodology as F5′s publicly available 2007 performance report. In the first test, The Tolly Group evaluated the AX 3200′s performance and in the second test evaluated the AX 2100 versus F5′s BIG-IP 3400. The AX Series is a next-generation server load balancer that won Best of Interop Las Vegas and Best of Interop Tokyo 2007, beating the competition based on its Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) with multi-core CPU architecture. With models for all size enterprises and service providers, the AX Series allows applications to perform as desired, especially during peak usage conditions and while leveraging multiple advanced features.
The AX 3200 is a 10G server load balancer designed for enterprises, ISPs and carriers. Here are the highlights of the AX 3200 performance test:
- - Scales Layer 7 performance to more than 1.5 million transactions per second (TPS)
- - Exhibits over 540,000 Layer 4 connections per second (CPS)
- - Supports over 9 million SYN cookies per second
- - Over double the performance at less than half the price of incumbents
The AX 2100 is a server load balancer designed for small/medium businesses and enterprises. Here are the highlights for the AX 2100 versus F5′s BIG-IP 3400 test results:
- - Offers 4.4X better price/performance at Layer 4
- - Delivers 13.8X better price/performance at Layer 7
- - Achieves 5.9X better transaction rate and aggregate throughput at Layer 7
- - Offers better price/performance for SSL without additional licensing
“We tested A10 Networks’ high-end AX 3200 using the same test methodologies as F5′s published performance report, and then tested A10′s entry-level AX 2100 versus the BIG-IP 3400 using the same test methodologies again,” said Kevin Tolly, president/CEO /founder of The Tolly Group. “After certifying the test environment and performing the evaluations, the results showed that A10′s AX 3200 delivers outstanding performance in a cost-effective platform and the AX 2100 delivers significantly better price/performance at Layer 4, Layer 7 and SSL than the BIG-IP 3400.”
A10 Networks’ AX Series family helps enterprises of all sizes and ISPs build secure, high availability application server farms. Key features within the AX Series include:
- - Revolutionary Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS)
- - Modern multi-core CPU architecture
- - Support for IPv4 and IPv6
- - aRule™ advanced scripting language for flexible traffic management
- - Industry’s best SSL and Layer 4-7 price/performance
Download the data sheet here: http://www.loadbalancersolutions.com/download/a10/ax-series-datasheet.pdf
“The AX Series delivers the best technology and value in the Application Delivery Controller market by offering customers over twice the performance at less than half the cost of incumbents’ solutions,” said Lee Chen, president and CEO of A10 Networks. “Any enterprises conducting business over the Internet can leverage the AX Series to ensure that their applications and servers are always performing as desired – today in the future.”
Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS): Multi-core CPU Architecture The Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) – built by A10′s team of distinctive engineers with high performance L2-3, L4-7 and super-computing expertise – is the distinguishing technology that makes the AX Series stand out in the application delivery controller market. A10′s AX Series with ACOS includes an optimized multi-CPU architecture, built from the ground up. It has maximum per-CPU independence with near zero interference among CPUs. By evenly distributing application traffic to the system’s processors, ACOS eliminates performance bottlenecks caused by unevenly loaded processors – allowing applications to perform as desired, especially during peak usage conditions.
We look forward to bringing you innovative vendors and technology as we test and implement them with our customers world-wide. If you would like to see an introductory WebEx of A10’s technology, we would be happy to schedule that for you. We could also arrange an on-site meeting if that would be preferred. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any assistance to your load-balancing project at the below numbers. Let us know how best to accommodate you.
Contact Info:
Website: http://www.optrics.com/contact.aspx
Email: Info@Optrics.com
Phone: 1-877-386-3763
Download the data sheet here: http://www.loadbalancersolutions.com/download/a10/ax-series-datasheet.pdf
Popularity: 6% [?]
Posted on by admin in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server
FTP, ftp server, Ipswitch, Ipswitch WS_FTP Server, WS_FTP Server 7, WS_FTP Server with SSH
Ipswitch announced that “The competition never stood a chance” with their recent release of WS_FTP Server 7.
Try a free evaluation of WS_FTP Server 7 today!
According to Ipswitch:
WS_FTP Server 7 is a highly secure and easy-to-administer file transfer and data management server that delivers powerful administrative control and best-in-class security. WS_FTP Server 7 introduces dozens of new features and capabilities, including:
- - Anti-Hammering: Automatically block IP addresses that attempt consecutive failed logon attempts.
- - FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography: Federal Information Processing Standards approved and validated security.
- - Secure Copy (SCP2): Support for file transfers over encrypted SCP2 connections.
- - LDAP External Authentication: Support for LDAP authentication with failover.
Don’t look back. With WS_FTP Server 7, secure file transfer will never be the same.
To learn more, visit our WS_FTP Server 7 website.
Popularity: 3% [?]
Posted on by admin in Kemp LoadMaster
Kemp, Kemp, Kemp LoadMaster
Server load balancing can offer substantial value to small-to-medium size businesses (SMBs) through dramatic increases in performance, high-availability and application-level security of the servers and applications running behind them.
Traditionally, load balancers came at a great cost, both at acquisition and through a high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), allowing only the larger enterprises to be able to take advantage of this technology. The advent of affordable server load balancers that specifically target the SMB market present new opportunities, enabling them to cost-effectively deliver this technology.
By leveraging these new products, SMBs can now have a more reliable web and application infrastructure, more easily and cost-effectively scale servers for growth, and protect web applications from application-level security attacks.
We’ve created this Load Balancing Solutions for SMB webinar specifically tailored to IT professionals charged with the management of web and application infrastructure.
Topics Covered:
- Overview of server load balancing
- High-availability for servers and applications
- Benefits of offloading and accelerating SSL traffic at the load balancer
- Establishing persistent (sticky) access to transactional server applications
- Benefits of caching and compression in accelerating application delivery
- Types of applications and protocols that benefit from load balanced architecture
Title: Affordable Load Balancing Solutions for SMBs
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther®) or newer
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/427671987
Popularity: 2% [?]
Posted on by admin in Kemp LoadMaster
Barracuda Load Balancer, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp LoadMaster, Kemp LoadMaster, Load Balancing, Load Master, Microsoft Windows Terminal Services, Windows Terminal Services, WTS
With the addition of Windows Terminal Services (WTS), KEMP delivers a solution that helps organizations best maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their networks, at an SMB-affordable price point.
With WTS enabled, users are able to maintain persistence as well as perform resource monitoring for Window servers running multiple services. The LoadMaster resource monitoring feature offers useful data on both memory and CPU, ensuring users experience the most efficient load balancing possible on each server.
KEMP is also now able to integrate seamlessly with MS Session Directory – providing a more reliable re-connect when a remote desktop connection to the server is disconnected.
While the LoadMaster provides full support for Microsoft’s Session Directory, one of the most distinguishing features is its ability to provide RDP-based Layer 7 Persistence. The LoadMaster’s Layer 7 Persistence incorporates client session reconnect, which can be utilized without the need for the Session Directory service to be installed.
Additional benefits of WTS include service checking for servers running Microsoft WTS, and extended capabilities for the increasing segment of remote workers. The KEMP product line currently includes three models, the LoadMaster 1500, LoadMaster 2500 and LoadMaster 3500 – all three models now come WTS enabled, and include a comprehensive first year warranty and technical support agreement.
Contact Optrics for a demo: http://www.loadbalancersolutions.com/contact.aspx
Press Coverage:
BrianMadden.com: Kemp Technologies updates their hardware Load Balancers for RDP sessions (with or without Session Directory)
eWeek: KEMP Simplifies Load Balancing for Windows Terminal Services
Microsoft News: KEMP Technologies Offers Full Support for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services – Significantly Enhancing Its Line of Load Balancers
Network World: Ipanema, Kemp make network gear more responsive
Load Balancing Digest: KEMP in the News
Popularity: 3% [?]
