Abstract

Inkra Networks commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of the Inkra 1504GX and 1518TX Virtual Service Switches (VSS). The Inkra 1500 Series switches offer an all-in-one real-time security device that offers firewall, intrusion prevention, VPN, SSL and load-balancing services in a single platform.

The Inkra 1504GX is designed for backbones and high-speed applications and supports up to 4 Gbps of aggregate throughput across four GBIC interfaces. The Inkra 1518TX combines high-density Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) uplinks to support multiple server farms and high-speed applications. The Inkra 1518TX comes equipped with up to 16 Fast Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Tolly Group engineers measured the bidirectional zero-loss firewall throughput rates, plus the Layer 7 transaction processing throughput rate of both devices. Tests were conducted in May 2004.