Load Balancing White Papers
Hardware Switching and Traffic Management
Overview RADWARE's new Application Switch provides ASIC-based layer four server load balancing, creating a more robust platform for Internet traffic management by ISPs, web hosters, and ASPs. Switches like the Alteon 180e, Arrowpoint (Cisco) CS-150, and the Foundry ServerIronXL employ RISC processors, high speed backplanes, and Gigabit ports for wirespeed layer 2 switching, but resort to software add-ons for layer 4/7 processing. Load balancers like F5 Networks' BIG-IP Controller and Cisco's Local Director remain Intel-based, providing layer 4/7 traffic management in software without a hardware switching fabric. By migrating its multi-layer software onto Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) in a box with more horsepower, RADWARE hopes to have created a long-term platform on which to better grow new, innovative traffic management features.
| Publisher | internet.com | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | August 2000 | Downloads | 10 |
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