Cabletron Introduces High-Performance Smart Load Balancer Switch.ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- Smart Load Balancer Offers a High-Performance, Low-Cost Solution for Application Service Providers and Content Providers Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) today announced the availability of its Smart Load Balancer line of switches. By integrating server load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them into its SmartSwitch Router (SSR (Scalable Sampling Rate) See AAC. SSR - Scalable Sampling Rate ) family, Cabletron now provides an integrated, high-performance, low cost server connectivity solution derived from the industry's premier family of switch routing products. Romulus Pereira, Cabletron's COO, enthusiastically announced today at a strategic company meeting, "In addition to balancing network In a hybrid set, hybrid coil, or resistance hybrid, balancing network is a circuit used to match, i.e., to balance, the impedance of a uniform transmission line, (e.g., a twisted metallic pair, coaxial cable, etc.) over a selected range of frequencies. load at wire speeds, our implementation verifies that applications are still up and running, and continues transactions on backup servers in the event of a failure. I am very excited to be able to address an exponentially growing market with the right product at the right time!" The Smart Load Balancer provides a high-capacity solution for large-scale web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. by enterprise data centers or content providers. The SSR-based, Layer-4 technology is also ideally suited for application hosting by Application Service Providers (ASPs). The Smart Load Balancer comes in two configurations. The SLB-1000, with 24 10/100 Ethernet ports and two 1000BASE-SX multi-mode fiber See multimode fiber. ports, will list at $17,995. The SLB-2000, with eight 1000BASE-SX multi-mode fiber ports, will list at $18,995. Both products will be available for delivery in November 1999. The Smart Load Balancer, in conjunction with the existing BIG/ip products, further broadens Cabletron's offerings into the load balancing space, and gives Cabletron a complete solution for all customer needs. About Cabletron Systems Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com. |
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