Application Delivery: Adding Scalability & Flexibility While Reducing CostsWhile Reducing Costs

Steve SacchiSr. Systems Engineer

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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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