Re: Third party certifications for LB

With LBs evolving into ADCs, I believe thrid party certifications are
needed.
I have written in more detail about the need for certification.
http://netlb.blogspot.com/2009/03/need-for-third-party-certification.html

Thanks,
-Ravi Chunduru

On 3/23/09, Ravi Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi List,
>    Are there any third party certifications for the load balancers?
>
> I came across Tolly group which conducts tests when the vendor requests
> them.
> That too, Tolly group just concentrates on a given set of tests and will
> not cover entire box and features wide.
> And there is Gartner group classifying the lbs into magic quadrants based
> on the feature set but does not depend on the test results.
>
> The LB market lacks a genuine third party certification like NSS for
> Intrusion prevention systems.
>
> The third party certifications will help the customers to choose the best
> LB based on the performance and test results rather than carried away with
> the feature rich and marketing terminology.
>
> Let me know if you come across such certifications or call up the need with
> your reason for the certification of LB devices.
>
> Thanks,
> -Ravi Chunduru
>
>
>

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