Application Delivery: Adding Scalability & Flexibility While Reducing Costs While Reducing Costs Steve Sacchi Sr. Systems Engineer www.a10networks.com
Application Delivery: Adding Scalability & Flexibility While Reducing CostsWhile Reducing Costs
Steve SacchiSr. Systems Engineer
www.a10networks.com
Agenda
Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) pp y ( )Cost Reduction while adding functionalityhCapacity requirements hData center consolidationhVirtualization opportunitieshServer (and network) optimizationServer (and network) optimizationhLicensing
Summary & conclusion
A10 Networks OverviewA10 Networks Overview
Corporate Vision: To be the technology leader in Web pApplication Delivery solutions
Founder: Lee Chen, co-founder of Foundry Networks & Centillion Networks
A10 Expertise: Networking, Applications & Security
Headquarters: San Jose, California. Local offices worldwide.
What are Application Delivery Controllers?
Users Scalability
Cloud
Data CenterAvailability
Security
Capacity Requirements
ConcernshRegular load
P k l dhPeak loadshGrowth
Monetize metricsh $ per Gb throughputh $ per Gb throughputh $ per connection per
secondsecond
Cost to Provide Capacity
Data Center Consolidation Factors
PerformanceConsolidation ratioNew feature impactM i t tMaintenance costsRack space costsRack space costsPower & environmental costs
Performance Per Watt (PPW)
70% or 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) 70% or 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) being eliminated per pair, per year
Energy Costs
Virtualization Opportunities
CAPEX & OPEX reductionFlexibility & portabilityShared platformsShared platformsh Single shared application
M lti l li tih Multiple applications
Elastic infrastructureh Vertical & horizontal scalingh SoftADC
Server (and Network) Optimization
Off-load compute pintensive functionshOptimize network p
communicationshEliminate repetitive
f tifunctionshReduce management
overheadoverheadBigger impact on virtual machinesmachines
Licensing Impact
Extra $ for features or for $performance?Pay as you grow or “pay Pay as you grow or pay us more as you grow”?
B tt t i l d f thBetter to include upfront
The 5 button blender is b tt th th 3 b tt better than the 3 button hWill you use the feature?hMoot point if all-inclusive
A10 Application Delivery Offerings
Flexible Advanced ADC choicehHardware and/or softwarehInternal AX appliance virtualizationte a app a ce tua at o
Comprehensive 3rd party integration
Dynamic Datacenter Provisioning
Infrastructure reacts to Infrastructure reacts to demand for “elasticity”VM C t VMware vCenter changes AX Series configurationconfigurationTriggered by serverhCPU utilization hMemory usageMemory usage
AX Series: Application Delivery Controller
• 64-bit ACOS • SIP Load Balancing
Platform: Advanced Features & High Performance
64 bit ACOS• Multi-core CPU System• Global Server Load
g• Hardware SSL
Acceleration• Spam Filter (PBSLB)& High Performance
Leverage multiple Layer 4-7 features without performance
Balancing• TCP Optimization• Secure Email
• Spam Filter (PBSLB)• Line Rate DDoS
Securityfeatures without performance degradation
Secure Email• IPv4/IPv6• Layer 7 Scripting
• High Availability• Caching & Compression
• DNS Application Firewall Compression
AX Series Hardware & ACOS Performance
AX Series Hardware & ACOS Performance
Increased Performance & Reduced Cost
Summary – Beyond the Purchase Price
Capacity for peak loads & p y pconsolidationVi t li ti i fl ibl & Virtualization is flexible & cost effectiveServer (and network) optimization are keyoptimization are keyLicensing, read the fine print
Thank YouThank You
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