INTELLIGENT DATACENTRES
Ten tips to select the right
application delivery controller
Managing cloud applications, optimising user experience, plug and play integration
inside the datacentre, are some of the check points while making that upgrade, mentions
Chris Gale at A10 Networks.
A
pplication Delivery Controllers
are networking devices that
reside inside the datacentre
and serve as a key part of an application
delivery network. With the explosion in
Internet traffic, business applications, and
the number of Internet-enabled devices,
application delivery controllers provide the
front-end intelligence that supplements
and enhances business application flows.
In addition to traditional load balancing,
application delivery controllers provide a
host of features that maintain availability,
speed, and security of Internet-based
applications. More advanced application
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delivery controllers offer critical datacentre
functions such as application acceleration,
layer 4-7 load balancing, application
health-checks, SSL offload, DNS
application firewalls, and DDoS protection.
Consider the check list below:
• Is it time to refresh your application
delivery controller?
• Maybe your current box is end-of-life or
you are looking for more functionality or
better price-per-performance?
• Or perhaps your application landscape
has evolved and you are examining
application delivery controllers
providers to help optimise delivery?
• Or to bridge your cloud and traditional
on-premises application environments.
If your answer is yes to any of the above,
here are ten important questions to ask an
application delivery controller provider
before you decide to buy.
1
Can I run all application
delivery controller features
simultaneously?
You would not buy a car if you could
not use every feature when you drive it.
Imagine having to shut down the steering
wheel to use stereo, or having to stop using
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