F5 Networks Delivers Advanced Cache Cluster Solution
Business Editors/Technology Writers
NetWorld Interop Atlanta 2000
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000--
EDGE-FX(TM) Local Cache Cluster delivers scaleable
and reliable caching that service providers and
e-Businesses need for high volume content delivery
F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), the leading provider of Content
Delivery Infrastructure (CDI) and Internet Traffic and Management
(ITM) products, today announced the EDGE-FX(TM) Local Cache Cluster.
This industry-leading solution integrates seamlessly into existing
network infrastructure, allowing e-Businesses and service providers to
accelerate server performance, improve end-user response times, and
conserve network bandwidth.
"In today's Internet economy, service providers and enterprises
are increasingly under pressure to deploy scaleable content delivery
networks," said Marc Goodman, Senior Director of Marketing at F5
Networks. "The EDGE-FX Local Cache Cluster is aimed directly at this
market, delivering state-of-the-art performance, capacity and
reliability, for about the same price as most traditional cache
products."
The EDGE-FX Local Cache Cluster includes a BIG-IP(R) Cache
Controller, two EDGE-FX Caches, and the SEE-IT(TM) Network Manager.
Additional EDGE-FX Caches can be added to the cluster to increase both
performance and cache capacity. Management of the cache cluster is
integrated through a common interface, allowing the entire cluster to
be managed as a single device. No other caching product provides the
performance, scalability, and availability at the price of the EDGE-FX
Local Cache Cluster.
EDGE-FX Local Cache Cluster highlights:
-- High performance -- 1,600 requests per second
-- High throughput -- 160 Megabits per second
-- High capacity -- 260 Gbytes
-- Industry-leading price/performance
-- High availability -- active/active redundant caching
configuration
-- Scalability made simple -- easily add additional EDGE-FX
Caches to meet future needs
-- Accelerates server performance by off-loading static web
content
-- Accelerates content delivery to end users
-- Protects servers from traffic spikes
-- Lowers operational costs by reducing network bandwidth usage
-- Centralized management for cache traffic analysis and trend
forecasting
-- Single vendor solution eliminates integration complexity
Pricing and Availability
EDGE-FX Local Cache Cluster is available in October and is priced
at $29,990.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks, headquartered in Seattle, Wash., is the leader in
Content Delivery Infrastructure (CDI) Internet Traffic Management
(ITM). Our award winning integrated suite of high-performance products
provides an end-to-end solution for automatically and intelligently
managing Internet content and traffic -- globally. Our products remove
bandwidth congestion and optimize the availability and speed of
mission-critical Internet servers and applications, including web
publishing, content delivery, e-commerce, caching, firewalls and more.
F5 Networks helps companies avoid the risk of being burdened with
ill-performing networks that do not meet end user expectations, while
enabling network administrators to better control and predict the
performance of their e-Business infrastructure. Our products are
widely deployed in large enterprises, the top service providers,
financial institutions, government agencies, healthcare organizations,
and portals throughout the world. F5 Networks is located on the web at
www.f5.com.
F5 Networks (Nasdaq:FFIV) Internet Traffic Management products
support a wide range of operating systems and hardware platforms
including those from: Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW), Hewlett Packard
(NYSE:HWP), Compaq (NYSE:CPQ), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Apple
(Nasdaq:AAPL), IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Intel (Nasdaq:INTC). F5 products
work with leading IP-based applications, including legacy host,
mainframe, Java, CORBA-based, and client/server applications from
vendors such as SAP (NYSE:SAP), BAAN (Nasdaq:BAANF), Novell
(Nasdaq:NOVL), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL), and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT).
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CONTACT: F5 Networks, Inc.
Alane Moran, 206/272-6850
a.moran@f5.com
or
Connect Public Relations
Holly Hagerman, 801/373-7888
hollyh@connectpr.com
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