Tolly Common Test Plan #1077 - Application Switches V1.02
Release date:
15 December 2009
Document Number:
CTP1077
The application switch test plan is the most comprehensive L4-7 performance switching benchmark available.
The test plan was developed by Tolly engineers over many years and in conjunction with major L4-7, AppSwitch technology vendors.
The test plan provides background and specifics on testing L4-7 device throughput, connection rate and response time. Additonally, the test plan covers SSL offload performance, caching and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack resiliency.
Over the years, this test plan has been used to benchmark devices from F5, Cisco, Radware, Brocade, A10 and others.
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Citrix NetScaler MPX 17000 v9.1 Application Delivery Controller with nCore Technology: Latency versus F5 BIG-IP v10
Release date:
30 June 2009
Document Number:
209127
Citrix Systems commissioned Tolly to benchmark the latency of its NetScaler MPX17000 application delivery controller and compare that to the F5 BIG-IP 8800.
Tests were run using the latest software from both vendors with each appliance outfitted with its maximum number of 10GbE interfaces.
Ixia network testing equipment was used to drive various loads ranging from 1,200 to 1.2 million concurrent connections.
The Citrix NetScaler appliance consistently delivered significantly lower latency than the F5 BIG-IP across the range of tests.
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Radware
OnDemand Switch 1 & OnDemand
Switch 2 AppDirector Version 1.06
Competitive Performance Evaluation versus F5 Networks BIG-IP 6800
Release date:
16 September 2008
Document Number:
208288
Radware commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of its OnDemand Switch 1 & 2 AppDirector, the company’s nextgeneration application switch, in comparison with F5 Network’s BIG-IP 6800.
The goal was to measure performance while handling challenging tasks to determine which device offers the higher Layer 7 transaction rate and faster response time. Tolly Group engineers determined the transactions-per-second (tps) rate and the corresponding throughput and response time for 10 object sizes at Layer 7 in multiple scenarios of a single HTTP request per connection and 10 HTTP requests per connection. They also in conjunction tested the ability of the platforms to maintain performance while dealing with DDoS attack packets.
Tests were conducted in February 2008.
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Radware
OnDemand Switch 1 & OnDemand
Switch 2 AppDirector Version 1.06
Competitive Performance Evaluation versus F5 Networks BIG-IP 6400
Release date:
16 September 2008
Document Number:
208287
Radware commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of its OnDemand Switch 1 & 2 AppDirector, the company’s nextgeneration application switch, in comparison with F5 Network’s BIG-IP 6400.
The goal was to measure performance while handling challenging tasks to determine which device offers the higher Layer 7 transaction rate and faster response time. Tolly Group engineers determined the transactions-per-second (tps) rate and the corresponding throughput and response time for 10 object sizes at Layer 7 in multiple scenarios of a single HTTP request per connection and 10 HTTP requests per connection. They also in conjunction tested the ability of the platforms to maintain performance while dealing with DDoS attack packets.
Tests were conducted in February 2008.
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Radware OnDemand Switch 1 AppDirector Version 1.06 Competitive Performance Evaluation versus F5 Networks BIG-IP 1500
Release date:
31 July 2008
Document Number:
208286
Radware commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of its OnDemand Switch 1 AppDirector Version 1.06, the company’s next-generation platform, in comparison with F5 Network’s BIG-IP 1500.
Tolly Group engineers determined the connection-per-second (cps) rate and the corresponding throughput and response time for 10 object sizes at Layer 7 in multiple scenarios of a single HTTP request per connection and 10 HTTP requests per connection, while also testing the ability of the platforms to maintain service levels while dealing with DDoS attack.
Tests were conducted in February 2008.
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OnDemand Switch 1 & OnDemand
Switch 2 AppDirector Version 1.06 Competitive Performance Evaluation versus F5 Networks BIG-IP 6800,
BIG-IP 6400 and BIG-IP 1500
Release date:
01 April 2008
Document Number:
208285
Radware commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of its OnDemand Switches, the vendor’s next-generation platforms that reportedly delivers over 3.7 Gbps. Engineers valuated the performance of the OnDemand switches against F5 Network’s BIG-IP 6800, BIG-IP 6400 and BIG-IP 1500 platforms. The goal was to measure performance while also handling hallenging tasks, Layer 7 operations and transaction processing under DDoS attacks, and validate the readiness of the products for next-generation applications.
Engineers measured the transaction-persecond (tps) rate, throughput and response time for 10 object sizes at Layer 7 in multiple scenarios of a single HTTP request per connection and 10 HTTP requests per connection, while also testing the ability of the platforms to maintain performance while dealing with DDoS attack packets. Tests were conducted in February 2008.
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