Application delivery controller
- Application delivery controller
An application delivery controller (ADC) is a network device in the datacenter that helps perform common tasks done by web sites in an effort to remove load from the web servers themselves. Many also provide load balancing. They usually sit between the firewall/router and the web farm. The ADC is in many cases described as the next generation load balancer. They tend to offer more advanced features such as content manipulation, advanced routing strategies as well as highly configurable server health monitoring.
Application acceleration products are available from many companies [cite web | url=http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/accel/2007/0702netop1.html | title=Gear makers bundle network optimization features | publisher=Network World | accessdate=2007-07-07] . This market segment is now becoming fragmented into two general areas: 1) general network optimization and 2) application/framework specific optimization. Both types of devices improve performance, but the latter is usually much more aware of optimization strategies that work best with a particular application framework, focusing on ASP.NET application performance tuning, or AJAX application performance tuning, for example.
There is growing consensus that the application acceleration market is moving towards more convergence between the network and the application layers [cite web | url=http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3744311/Interop+Applications+And+Networks+Need+to+Unite.htm | title=Applications And Networks Need to Unite | publisher=InternetNews.com | accessdate=2008-05-06]
References
Vendors
*A10_Networks
*Citrix Systems
*Coyote Point Systems
*Crescendo Networks
*F5 Networks
*Foundry Networks
* [http://www.jetnexus.com/product-selection.html jetNEXUS]
*KEMP Technologies
*Radware
*Strangeloop Networks
*Zeus Technology
ee also
*Load balancing (computing)
*Application Delivery Network
External links
* [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/Application-Acceleration-Market-Hits-12B/ Application Acceleration Market Hits $1.2B] eWeek. Retrieved 10/27/2007.
* [http://www.jetnexus.com/ADC_Market_Growth.html The Application Delivery Controller Market Growth] jetNEXUS. Retrieved 08/21/2008.
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