Opteq today is proud to announce the availability of its next-generation V3 platforms; A complete range of wan optimisation, carrier grade bandwidth management and security appliances.

If you would like to join a webinar on the V3 platforms set for the end of the month please let us know by email. (dates to be confirmed)

While this release, named Opteq iQ V3, is based on the highly successful Opteq iQ V2 and has similar features and functions it is a complete rewrite which takes full advantage of the latest advancements in technology to outstrip the competition in all areas including price and performance.

A snippet of the V3 features.

• Completely rewrite using latest Web 2.0 features and Ajax provides a faster, more powerful and efficient GUI.
• All reporting and graphing has been revamped and substantially improved
• Unit now has a system monitoring dashboard available on login
• Completely new menuing and navigation system.
• Complete system kernel update increases speed across all modules
• Support for latest multi-core CPU’s and Network acceleration chipsets.
• All network drivers, network stack and bridging code rewritten to allow use of multi-core technology.
• Please see change log for full details

Hardware is based on the new INTEL i-Series processors and latest Intel chipsets. The software is fully optimised and parallelised for the hardware. V3 boasts full multi-core support with thread affinity allowing for faster parallel rule processing. Support for the latest Intel network processor chipset allows multiple transmit/receive buffers with core/thread affinity, CPU offloading, and interrupt modulation (adapts interrupt rate to traffic load automatically.) This technology allows Opteq to achieve almost straight line performance gains to cores at the pps level.

Offering 1Gbps interfaces as standard across the product line, Opteq’ hardware-based bypass technology ensures 100 percent availability and redundancy.

The Opteq bridging code bridge now has a fast bridge mode allowing it to reach 10Gbps. (And another 25% performance increase across all appliances in fast mode)

As well as all the features of the new high-end appliances, the 10Gbps (v3.1) unit will offer:

• Support for 10gb/s Networks with 10gb/s Bypass Card (UTP and Fibre)
• Management of 8Gb/s throughput and 3,5 Million PPS
• 250 K rules
• Unlimited number of flows / sessions.

V3 also sees the release of a brand new module - for web server acceleration. Opteq’ server Accelerator accelerates web application delivery traffic. The server accelerator improves web application behaviour transparently, through a deep understanding of the HTTP protocol and subsequent manipulation of the data that is sent between the client and server. Caching, compression and optimizing the HTTP protocol with HTTPS support to follow. This allows us to compete with Citrix, F5, A10 Networks, Array Networks, Cisco, Radware etc in the ADC markets.

Like the web cache the web server accelerator integrates seamlessly where authentication is required, for example, when access is controlled by NTLM / LDAP authentication, or with applications like Microsoft Office SharePoint Server or Outlook Web Access. It is possible for a single Opteq cache server to serve both as a normal web cache and a server accelerator simultaneously. For example, a business might host its own website on a web server, with an Opteq server accelerator server acting as a reverse proxy between clients (customers accessing the website from outside the business) and the web server. The same Opteq server could act as a classical web cache, caching HTTP requests from clients within the business (i.e. employees accessing the internet from their workstations), so accelerating web access and reducing bandwidth demands.

In summary Opteq moves closer to its mission of offering end to end optimisation services. With solutions covering the ADC, WOC and bandwidth management markets. ISPs and Enterprise network managers can continue to manage their networks with utmost ease.

Application delivery controller [ADC] technologies (Opteq’ load balancing and server accelerating technologies) reside in the data centre and are deployed asymmetrically, meaning only on the data centre end and accelerate end-user performance of browser-based and related applications.

On the other hand, WAN optimization controller [WOC] products are deployed symmetrically, on either end of a WAN link, and improve the performance of applications accessed across the WAN. The technologies typically address bandwidth consumption, latency and protocol issues.

Opteq’ patent-pending host pacing technology dramatically improves wide-area network (WAN) performance from a central location. This means Opteq can be deployed asymmetrically (that is, just at the central site) when only traffic management is required. This significantly reduces both the Total Cost of Ownership and operational expenditures as you need only one device, to control all applications and usage on the network, with greater efficiency and less effort. Allowing one to deploy units and selected wan optimisation technologies at remote sites only as and where required based on actual hard evidence gleamed from reporting stats.