[c-nsp] Replacement for Cisco ACE load balancers

[james jones]

Anyone look at Radware?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Chris Marlatt <cmarlatt at rxsec.com> wrote:

> On 02/04/2013 01:10 PM, Phil Mayers wrote:
>
>> On 04/02/13 17:56, Chris Marlatt wrote:
>>
>>  The Foundry/Brocade ServerIron's/ADX line work's quite well in a L2 or
>>> L3 environment without NAT or being in-line. Enabling DSR (direct server
>>> return, in an L2 environment) means the LB doesn't have to be within the
>>> path of the normal switching/routing and their ADX line has support for
>>> true multi-10Gb throughputs. DSR also means you're not burning up the
>>>
>>
>> Interesting. Is it particularly / prohibitively expensive? Several other
>> vendors hinted that a 10gig SLB device was "way out of proportion to our
>> needs" and "very expensive".
>>
>
> 10Gb load balancing has always been "expensive" but at least in our
> history, that customer base has justification for the expense.
>
> The ADX stuff IMHO is certainly a palatable number for that much
> throughput. Though if you can it's certainly worth considering redesigning
> how you application functions if you need that much concentrated load
> balancing. Not everyone has that option though.
>
> We deployed some of their WSM7's with 10Gb modules awhile back and whereas
> you were linked at 10Gb you only were capable of about 6Gb worth of
> Application Throughput. The ADX chassis based line negates that however.
> You can grow your Application Throughput via additional Application Switch
> Modules to get some pretty impressive numbers. The old 4G's or ADX1k's are
> still a hearty platform for more modest traffic needs.
>
> Regards,
>
>         Chris
>
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