| Server load balancing |
| Feature |
Load Balancer |
Traffic Manager |
| Layer 7 load balancing |
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| Per-pool selection of load balancing algorithm |
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| Slow-start server re-introduction |
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| Connection draining |
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| SSL termination |
| Native SSL decryption |
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| Over 4,500 tps |
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| SSl re-encryption to back ends |
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| Centralized certificate management |
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| Support for cryptographic hardware |
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| Extensible |
| Customizable with JAVA Extension |
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| Load balancing rules |
| Traffic inspection,manipulation and routing |
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| Visual RuleBuliderT
user interface |
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| TraficScript™ language |
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| Protocol-specific function |
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| Unlimited content inspection depth |
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| Support for TCP and UDP protocols |
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| Ease of use |
| Secure web-based GUI |
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| Automatic cluster detection |
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| Secure configuration replication |
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| Customizable active health monitoring |
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| SNMP support |
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| Event-triggered alerting |
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| Flexible configurations |
| Server pools |
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| Virtual servers |
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| Application partitioning |
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| Front-end scalability |
| Any combination of active and standby units |
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| TrafficCluster™scalability (up to 64 units) |
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| Resilient session management |
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| Back-end scalability |
| Intelligent overload prevention |
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| Pro-service, Per-cool and per-node fail-over actions |
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| Failure pools |
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| Pool prioritization |
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| Session persistence |
| Predefined and customizable persistance modes |
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| HTTP- and SSL-specific persistance modes |
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| Service level
monitoring |
| Active, real-time monitoring of transactions |
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| per-service response thresholds |
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| Configurable alerts and custom actions |
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| Centralized storage of service level configuration classes |
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| Service level statistics available over SNMP |
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| Bandwidth management |
| Actice, Cluster-aware, real-time bandwidth management |
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| Per-service bandwidth limits |
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| Guarantee bandwidth for services |
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| Centralized storage of bandwidth configuration classes |
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| Application acceleration |
| WAN offload |
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| SSL offload |
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| Content compression |
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| Performance monitoring |
| Customisable real-time monitoring |
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| Performance-aware load distribution |
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| Traffic visulization and trending |
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| Intergrated with service level and bandwith management |
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| SNMP access to all performance statistics |
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| Event-triggered alerting |
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| Health monitoring |
| Customizable and pre-defined application monitors |
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| Automatic monitoring of front-ends |
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| Detection of error codes or messages in responses |
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| Service protection |
| Web worm, Dos and DDos protection |
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| Protection against malformed URL attacks |
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| Protection against XML attacks |
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| Per-service access controls |
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| Policy-based request filtering |
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| Connection limiting |
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| Real-time attack monitoring and threat analysis |
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| Configurable attack logging |
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| Web services / XML |
| Support for.NEE.J2EE,SOAP,XML-RPC |
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| Native XPath support in TrafficScript™ |
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| XSLT offload |
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| XML attack filtering |
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