Re: Zeus ZXTM?

Hi Alison,

Does the ZXTM support hardware SSL ASICs?  For instance, if I put a 
Cavium SSL card into my server, would I be able to do hardware SSL 
termination?

Tony

Alison Moore wrote:
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> It is always good to hear real user feedback and experiences.
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> The Zeus ZXTM software provides an impressive range of traffic 
> management features and functionality, is intuitive with an easy to 
> use interface and will run on any server hardware platform.
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> In brief I would highlight
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> ·         Zeus is software and can be deployed on the platform of a 
> customer’s choice. The ROI is demonstrably better 
> http://www.zeus.com/news/press_articles/zeus-price-performance-press-release.html
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> ·         Zeus scales easier, up to 64 in a cluster, with performance 
> doubling as you add another ZXTM into a cluster, all one needs is a 
> license key!
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> ·         Zeus tends to be much easier to deploy – the market tells us 
> that the ZXTM GUI interface is easy to navigate, and the setting up of 
> traffic managers is easy 
> http://www.zeus.com/documents/en/WE/WEB_ITV_CS.pdf
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> ·         Zeus support is very strong, based out of the UK 24/7
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> Why not download the ZXTM desktop Editon? You can download The ZXTM 
> Desktop Edition is a simple virtual appliance containing the ZXTM 
> software and a simple cluster of webservers. This edition includes 
> sample scenarios - http://www.zeus.com/downloads/desktop/
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> Thanks,
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> Alison
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On 
> Behalf Of *Zak Thompson
> *Sent:* 08 July 2009 15:11
> *To:* Load Balancing Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [load balancing] Zeus ZXTM?
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> We replaced our F5 6800's for two intel dual quads with 32g ram and 
> 10g ethernet running ZXTM.  F5 was lacking in performance on large 
> file downloads and was having a very very hard time pushing 1+Gbps 
> even with F5's engineers trying to figure out how to make it better.
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> We have been very pleased with Zeus's performance and have been very 
> happy to make the change over to ZXTM and would HIGHLY recommend it.  
> Your making a software investment which you can move to bigger/better 
> servers and not one into a paperweight since the F5 is a hardware 
> appliance you are limited to the functionality it handles.
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> Cheers,
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> Zak Thompson
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> Yellow Fiber Networks
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On 
> Behalf Of *[email protected]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:55 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [load balancing] Zeus ZXTM?
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> I tested Zeus ZXTM and it worked well for me, and it can do pretty 
> much everything an F5 LTM will do and had something that had basic 
> iRules functionality.
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> But a new F5 BIG-IP 1600 is under $20k, so ZXTM won't really save you 
> much money (based on the last time I got prices out of them).
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> Regards,
> Vince
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> Hi – has anyone any experience, good or bad of using Zeus ZXTMor  ZXTM 
> LB? We almost exclusively use F5 LTM’s at present and have been asked 
> to look at Zeus as an alternative for some setups.
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> Thanks – Julian.
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> Julian Grunnell
> UNIX Systems Administrator (Leeds)
> Webfusion
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