IronClad Web Performance

Foundry ServerIronXL Beats Alteon 180e

with New Web Performance Benchmark
Alteon 180e vs. Foundry ServerIronXL

Test Objectives
Use a network design simulating a Real World
configuration to demonstrate performance and
scalability and determine:
• The number of requests per second per port that
the device under test (DUT) supports with no loss
• The total number of concurrent connections
supported per port and for the DUT as a whole
with no loss
The higher reported value equals more serviced
customers…key to E*commerce.

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‘Real World’ Asymmetrical Test
Configuration
Logical Diagram

Internet Servers
Device Under Test

Test Configuration

All Links 100 Mb/s Full Duplex

Layer 2
8 Clients per L2 Switch Switch
Device 16 Servers
L2
Under Divided into
Switch
Test six VLANs
8 Clients per L2 Switch Layer 2
Switch

Two 100 Mb/s Full Duplex Six 100 Mb/s Full Duplex
(each link represents a group of 8 clients) (each link represents a VLAN)

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‘Real World’ Test Results

Maximum Sessions/Sec, Layer 4 Switching, 2

Client Ports, 6 Server Ports

70,000
60,916
60,000

50,000
Sessions/sec

40,000
25,600
30,000

20,000

10,000

0
Foundry Networks ServerIron Alteon Web Switch 180e

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‘Isolated’ Symmetrical Test
Configuration

In this test, Layer 2 switches acted as traffic aggregators for the Layer 4 switch under test

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‘Isolated’ Test Results
Maximum Sessions/Sec, Layer 4 Swtiching,
Summary Comparison

80,000
70,000 71,229

60,000
Sessions/sec

50,000
47,764
40,000
30,000
24,093 24,000
20,000
10,000 16,000
8,000
0
1 Network Port, 1 2 Network Ports, 2 3 Network Ports, 3
Server Port Server Ports Server Ports

Foundry Networks ServerIronXL, 64,000 Idle TCP Sessions per

Network Port
Alteon WebSystems Web Switch 180e, 10,000 Idle TCP Sessions per
Network Port
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‘Real World’ Concurrent Sessions –
The True Performance Test
Maximum TCP/IP Sessions Established, Layer 4
Switching, 6 Server Ports

1,200,000
1,000,000 1,000,000
TCP Sessions Established

1,000,000

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000
32,000 64,000
0
Aggregate Sessions Aggregate Sessions, 2
Established, 1 Network Port Network Ports

Foundry ServerIronXL Alteon 180e

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