Citrix NetScaler Delivers Massive Network Consolidation for Private and Public Clouds
October 05 2011 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Citrix Systems today unveiled four new additions to its leading
Citrix® NetScaler® MPX™ and SDX™ product lines, delivering the
unprecedented performance and virtualization that businesses
require in the Cloud Era. Virtualization has been integral to the
development of enterprise private clouds, which are being pressed
to deliver unprecedented levels of utilization and elasticity.
While server and storage infrastructures have been prime
beneficiaries of virtualization, the end-to-end networking fabric -
representing nearly one-fifth of total datacenter investment - has
not yet included the virtualization of key networking services.
What is required is a next-generation networking platform that
integrates virtualization directly into the networking fabric to
consolidate network services at scale, and deliver Pay-As-You-Grow
elasticity. The new NetScaler SDX and MPX platforms, including the
50 Gbps SDX 21550 appliance, provide the right networking footprint
to tackle large-scale network consolidation initiatives with the
flexibility to scale without additional hardware.
Successful network consolidation requires more than applying
off-the-shelf virtualization to decouple selected networking
functions from dedicated hardware. It demands a natively
virtualized architecture that efficiently scales services, protects
application SLAs by fully isolating processing resources, and
delivers on-demand elasticity. The new NetScaler SDX platforms meet
these requirements and more, supporting up to 40 completely
independent NetScaler instances on a single appliance – 2.5 times
more than competing hardware chassis-based solutions.
In addition, NetScaler SDX completely isolates system resources,
such as memory, CPU and SSL processing, so that the demands of one
application do not degrade the performance of another. Besides
delivering dedicated SSL resources for each NetScaler service in a
multi-tenant environment, the new platform also sets a new
high-water mark for SSL performance.
Organizations are transitioning to 2048-bit SSL standards for
stronger application security. This shift, along with increased SSL
coverage across applications, is putting network and application
performance at risk due to the increased processing demands
required by stronger SSL key lengths. Smoothly transitioning to
stronger 2048-bit SSL necessitates a re-examination of the
infrastructure to ensure that processing capacity meets emerging
needs. New NetScaler MPX and SDX platforms are designed from the
ground up to handle 2048-bit and stronger SSL security, with
support for 90,000 new 2048-bit SSL transactions per second, more
than two times faster than the leading competitor.
What’s New
- Industry-leading Network
Consolidation: The new NetScaler SDX appliances integrate
virtualization directly into the network fabric to support up to 40
completely independent NetScaler instances for large-scale
consolidation projects. Each NetScaler instance and policy is
supported by dedicated CPU, memory, SSL and compression resources
to protect application SLAs, and to meet strict security and
compliance mandates.
- Fastest 2048-bit SSL
Performance: NetScaler handles 90,000 new SSL transactions per
second with 2048-bit keys, more than two times faster than the
leading competitor.
Pricing and Availability
Citrix NetScaler MPX and SDX versions of the 17550, 19550, 20550
and 21550 appliances meet a broad range of price-performance
requirements. These models are available later this quarter through
Citrix Solution Advisors worldwide. Pricing begins at $145,000 for
NetScaler MPX and $220,000 for NetScaler SDX - with no additional
cost for enabling maximum SSL performance. Customers can upgrade
platform performance and scalability with NetScaler Pay-As-You-Grow
licenses.
Quotes
Sunil Potti, Vice President and General Manager, Cloud
Networking Platforms Group, Citrix
“Citrix innovation is leading the migration to the Cloud Era.
Our ability to consolidate 40 virtual appliances into one network
form factor is an amazing advancement for customers implementing
private or public clouds. The new NetScaler platform is the only
product in the market that uses integrated virtualization to offer
the flexibility to scale as needed without having to purchase
additional hardware thereby driving true elasticity into the
network.”
Jim Frey, Managing Research Director, Enterprise Management
Associates (EMA)
“Citrix continues to demonstrate a relentless focus on improving
the performance of virtualized, cloud-delivered applications,
including at the network infrastructure layer. This new set of
NetScaler capabilities represents an aggressive move to leverage
both virtualization and hardware advances to elevate the state of
the art in Application Delivery Controllers.”
About Citrix NetScaler
Citrix NetScaler makes applications and cloud-based services run
five times better by offloading application and database servers,
accelerating application and service performance, and integrating
security. Customers looking for a powerful application delivery
solution can choose the popular NetScaler MPX hardware appliance,
which powers most of the world’s largest enterprises and websites -
as well as thousands of small to midsized companies. Organizations
requiring the full breadth of NetScaler features in a flexible
software form factor can chose the NetScaler VPX virtual appliance.
Enterprises and cloud providers that want to deliver applications
and services in a virtualized, multi-tenant platform can choose
NetScaler SDX.
Related Links:
- Expert Blog: The SSL Challenge:
2048-bit, 2049-bit – Whatever it Takes. Just Make it Fast.
- Announcement: New Citrix Netscaler SDX
Brings Service Delivery Networking To The Cloud Era
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