Abstract

Expand Networks, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to benchmark the effective data throughput between a pair of Cisco Systems, Inc. 7204 Series routers, with and without the benefit of STAC compression offered in the routers. Engineers also measured the effective throughput when the routers’ STAC compression was disabled in favor of hardware compression provided by Expand’s Accelerator 4000. Results show that by deploying the Accelerator 4000, the effective throughput improved dramatically when used as an alternative to the STAC compression offered in the Cisco 7204 Series routers.