The F5® BIG-IP® application delivery network platform manages
massive traffic loads from Layer 4 to Layer 7. By combining
high-performance switching architecture, dedicated hardware, and
advanced software, F5 gives users the flexibility to make deep
application decisions without bottlenecks. With the high
performance of the BIG-IP platform, you can consolidate equipment,
thereby saving data center management costs while saving power,
space and cooling resources, and there is still room for
improvement. Through the perfect unified operation of BIG-IP
hardware and software, BIG-IP new platform can provide users with a
complete integrated application delivery solution, providing users
with high availability, speed, security and other guarantees for
their business, and is perfectly reflected in the following
aspects. property Industry-leading technology metrics (L7 RPS, SSL
and Compression Throughput) unsurpassed ADC integration service
capabilities Strongest protection against DDoS attacks Highest
performance and power consumption ratio expandability Real-time
on-demand expansion of your service The multi-tenant virtualization
collection enables flexible application deployment and expansion
Quality and reliability Hardware designed for application delivery
needs High quality and availability at the operational level
guarantee online time with user choice and satisfaction in the
world's fields Integrated hardware and software systems designed
for application delivery needs Achieve high performance and scale
on demand Meet operational level high availability requirements -
Achieve 99.999% high availability Continuous product support for
years After sales provides a real-time online management system for
problem discovery and resolution Key benefits of BIG-IP's new
platform Integrate your infrastructure with dedicated hardware The
BIG-IP hardware platform is specifically designed for application
delivery. A single device can be configured with multiple functions
such as server load balancing, global data center load balancing,
DNS services, access management, web performance optimization, and
WAN optimization. BIG-IP systems use high-performance SSL and
compression hardware along with advanced connection management
capabilities to take power-intensive tasks out of the application
server and use those resources more efficiently. Protect your
network The ICSA-certified BIG-IP platform has Layers 3 to 7 of
protection, provides a default all-deny security mode, a
comprehensive packet filtering engine that restricts access with
extreme precision, and features industry-leading application
security firewalls. Reduce your operating costs With the
out-of-band management, front panel management, hot upgrade, remote
boot, and USB support provided by easy-to-manage BIG-IP hardware,
you can reduce the time spent on configuration, upgrades, and
maintenance. Reduce your data center power and cooling costs by
using an 80 Plus Gold and silver certified high efficiency power
supply. Maximize uptime With hot-swappable components, redundant
power supplies, redundant fans, compact flash memory, multiple boot
support, and always-on management, you can ensure your critical
infrastructure is built on reliable hardware. Achieve high
availability and application-level failure recovery by deploying
devices in traditional master/standby or horizontal cluster
(master/master) configurations. Using the new BIG-IP platform
brings you: • Significantly increased business value and delivery
capabilities • Latest designs based on the needs of many real users
• New F5 intelligent service architecture foundation • More
powerful application performance and scalability • Easy end-to-end
application delivery Intelligent performance is crucial In the
past, performance was measured in throughput, but this did not
accurately indicate the complex requirements of application
delivery. Connection capacity and 7-layer transactions per second
are critical for ADCs to meet the growing demands of modern Web
applications and infrastructure. For example, ADCs must be able to
handle a large number of L4 and L7 connections and make more
decisions at the application level, such as detecting and removing
sensitive information or shifting application-specific payloads.
BIG-IP devices have the intelligence and performance necessary to
make the maximum number of application layer decisions while
keeping your data and infrastructure safe. Simplify your network
BIG-IP ADC devices help you simplify your network by offloading
servers and consolidating devices, saving on data center management
costs while saving on power, space, and cooling costs. Thanks to
the superior performance and scalability of the BIG-IP platform,
you can also reduce the number of application delivery controllers
required to deliver your most demanding applications. By offloading
compute-intensive processes, you can significantly reduce the
number of application servers you need. BIG-IP hardware includes:
SSL Hardware acceleration - Offloads costly SSL processing loads to
accelerate key exchange and batch encryption with the highest SSL
performance on the market. Hardware compression - Cost-effectively
offloads the traffic compression processing load on the server,
shortening page load times and reducing bandwidth usage. •
OneConnect™ Connection Pooling - Aggregates millions of TCP
requests into hundreds of server-side connections, increasing
server capacity and ensuring requests are processed efficiently.
Embedded Data Acceleration Technology (ePVA) - provides high
performance L4 throughput and denial of service (DoS) attack
protection. Using field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology
and tight integration with TMOS and software, ePVA is able to
provide: • High-performance interconnection between Ethernet ports
and processors • 4-layer handling offloads for leading throughput
and reduced software load • Supports hardware-accelerated SYN
attack protection • Hardware detects and blocks more than 20 DoS
attacks Predictable performance support for low-latency protocols,
such as the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol Benefits
of F5 BIG-IP technology The unique architecture and patented
hardware and software innovations give the F5 unmatched
capabilities, including: F5 ScaleN architecture ScaleN enables you
to virtualize or horizontally cluster multiple BIG-IP devices using
all available CPU resources, creating a resilient application
delivery network infrastructure that can effectively adapt to your
changing business needs. Scaling on Demand - Increase capacity and
performance with scaling on demand, so you can increase capacity
and performance by simply adding more processing power to your
existing infrastructure without adding more equipment. With an
on-demand software license, the latest BIG-IP devices can be
upgraded to higher performance models in various families. Without
the need to buy new hardware, on-demand licensing enables
businesses to determine the optimal scale of application delivery
services and support continued growth. Operational scaling - F5 is
able to virtualize application Delivery controller (ADC) services
using a multi-tenant architecture. The architecture supports a
large number of BIG-IP versions and product modules on a single
device. Multi-tenant device virtualization is provided by F5's
unique Virtual Cluster multiprocessing (vCMP®) technology, which
enables certain hardware platforms to run multiple BIG-IP client
instances. Each BIG-IP client instance looks and runs like a
physical BIG-IP device with a dedicated allocation of CPU, memory,
and other resources. Next generation ADC equipment With the latest
BIG-IP 2000 series, 4000 Series and 7000 Series devices, F5
continues to invest and innovate in hardware development to ensure
that even the most demanding Web applications are highly available,
secure and fast. The new BIG-IP hardware delivers industry-leading
performance in application decisions per second, SSL processing,
and hardware compression for all levels of ADC platforms.
Enterprises and service providers can deploy multiple application
delivery services on a single unified platform to offload SSL
processing and consolidate efficiently. In addition, with the
ability to upgrade from infrastructure equipment to higher-capacity
models within the family through software licensing agreements,
F5's offerings offer excellent on-demand flexibility to adapt to
changing business needs.