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Application Delivery: Adding Scalability & Flexibility While Reducing Costs
Todd Harcourt
Senior System Engineer, South Central Region
www.a10networks.com
Agenda
Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs)
Cost Reduction while adding functionality
Capacity requirements
Data center consolidation
Virtualization opportunities
Server (and network) optimization
Licensing
Summary & conclusion
A10 Networks Overview
Corporate Vision:
Founder:
A10 Expertise:
Headquarters:
To be the technology leader in Web Application Delivery solutions
Lee Chen, co-founder of Foundry Networks
& Centillion Networks
Networking, Applications & Security
San Jose, California. Local offices worldwide.
Users
Cloud
Data Center
Availability
Scalability
What are Application Delivery Controllers?
Security
Capacity Requirements
Concerns
Regular load
Peak loads
Growth
Monetize metrics
$ per Gb throughput
$ per connection per second
Cost to Provide Capacity
Data Center Consolidation Factors
Performance
Consolidation ratio
New feature impact
Maintenance costs
Rack space costs
Power & environmental costs
Performance Per Watt (PPW)
70% or 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) being eliminated per pair, per year
Energy Costs
Virtualization Opportunities
CAPEX & OPEX reduction
Flexibility & portability
Shared platforms
Single shared application
Multiple applications
Elastic infrastructure
Vertical & horizontal scaling
SoftADC
Server (and Network) Optimization
Off-load compute intensive functions
Optimize network communications
Eliminate repetitive functions
Reduce management overhead
Bigger impact on virtual machines
Licensing Impact
Extra $ for features or for performance?
Pay as you grow or “pay us more as you grow”?
Better to include upfront
The 5 button blender is better than the 3 button
Will you use the feature?
Moot point if all-inclusive
A10 Application Delivery Offerings
Flexible Advanced ADC choice
Hardware and/or software
Internal AX appliance virtualization
Comprehensive 3rd party integration
Dynamic Datacenter Provisioning
Infrastructure reacts to demand for “elasticity”
VMware vCenter changes AX Series configuration
Triggered by server
CPU utilization
Memory usage
AX Series: Application Delivery Controller
Platform: Advanced Features & High Performance
Leverage multiple Layer 4-7 features without performance degradation
• 64-bit ACOS
• Multi-core CPU System
• Global Server Load
Balancing
• TCP Optimization
• Secure Email
• IPv4/IPv6
• Layer 7 Scripting
• DNS Application Firewall
• SIP Load Balancing
• Hardware SSL
Acceleration
• Spam Filter (PBSLB)
• Line Rate DDoS
Security
• High Availability
• Caching &
Compression
AX Series Hardware & ACOS Performance
AX Series Hardware & ACOS Performance
Increased Performance & Reduced Cost
Summary – Beyond the Purchase Price
Capacity for peak loads & consolidation
Virtualization is flexible & cost effective
Server (and network) optimization are key
Licensing, read the fine print
Thank You
Todd Harcourt
Senior System Engineer, South Central Region
www.a10networks.com
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