Barracuda Upgrades Load Balancer ADC to Boost Performance

Barracuda Networks Inc. has increased the capacity and performance of its Load Balancer ADC models without increasing prices. The company has doubled the port capacity of its Load Balancer ADC models 340, 440, and 540. Additionally, Barracuda Load Balancer ADC model 840 includes hardware-based SSL acceleration to support higher transactions per second for high performance web application security and SSL offloading.† †

Barracuda Load Balancer ADC combines server load balancing, access control, and application security. Hardware improvements include:

• Throughput – Increases the throughput on model 340 from 1Gbps to 1.2 Gbps. Doubles the throughput on model 440 from 1 Gbps to 2 Gbps and on model 540 from 2 Gbps to 4 Gbps.
• Networking Ports – Doubles the number of 1GbE networking ports on models 340 and 440 from 2 ports to 4 ports and model 540 from 4 ports to 8 ports. The increased ports from 2 to 4 ports on the models 340 and 440 enable them to support the higher throughput, redundant link aggregation, and additional flexibility to physically isolate VLAN networks.
• Hardware-based SSL Acceleration in Barracuda ADC model 840 – Increases the performance of enforcing web application security for SSL encrypted web transactions and offloading SSL operations from backend application servers.

The latest hardware revisions for the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC are available now.†Barracuda Load Balancer ADC list pricing starts at $1499 USD. Energize Updates for Barracuda Load Balancer ADC†start at $249 USD. An optional Instant Replacement service featuring priority replacement of failed hardware and complimentary refresh of four-year old hardware units is available starting at $349 USD per year. Featured model list prices are below:

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For more information, visit http://cuda.co/loadbalanceradc.

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