Array unleashed the latest version of its Application Delivery Controller

Array Networks has come up with a new version of its operating system
for its AppVelocity (APV) portfolio of application delivery controllers (ADC).
Leveraging the SpeedCore architecture, the new ArrayOS 8.1 fully leverages
64-bit processing and multi-core technology to deliver dramatic improvements in
performance, packet handling and memory capacity. The new version also delivers
multi-fold improvements in server offload and acceleration capabilities using
new and improved functionality related to server load balancing, caching,
compression, system level monitoring, process/module level resilience,
application flow monitoring and field troubleshooting. Together, these enhance
overall performance and scalability under a high traffic load. At the center of
the ArrayOS is SpeedCore, which uses a lock-free multi-core technology to
enhance performance by up to 10 times and deliver significant capacity gains for
HTTP, TCP and SSL offloading by supporting multiple 10Gbps network interface
cards for application processing. The rise of Web 2.0 traffic, multi-media
services, datacenter virtualization and hosted cloud-centric applications has
made it increasingly important that ADC solutions be capable of handling complex
application delivery efficiently. With the SpeedCore architecture, the ArrayOS
8.1 APV products have the ability to support diverse network and
application-level routing using software-based intelligence to deliver high
performance for processor-intensive applications.

"The combination of high-performance and high-intelligence takes the
efficiency of the Array APV products to the next level," said Michael Zhao,
President and CEO-Array Networks.

In addition to architectural advancements, Array delivers time-tested, mature
features that have been used by thousands of customers worldwide. The new
architecture has gone through extensive field deployment over the last 18 months
and is purpose-built to handle the demands of enterprise datacenters. SpeedCore
allows Array APV products to support multiple applications simultaneously
without negatively impacting user experience or application uptime.