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Networking:
Force10 Introduces Zero Packet
Loss Hitless Technology
Force10 Networks, a pioneer in scalable resiliency for high performance
switching and routing, announced its industry-leading hitless failover
technology, an advanced feature that eliminates the downtime associated with
system errors and reduces productivity and revenue losses. As the first and
only 10 Gigabit networking vendor to demonstrate failover of both Layer 2
switching and Layer 3 routing traffic with zero packet loss, Force10 brings to
networks an unmatched resiliency and predictability.
The cost of productivity and business losses resulting from network
downtime
continues to spiral upwards as organizations become more reliant on their
networks. Industry analyst firm Gartner estimates that the hourly cost of
network downtime is $42,000. A typical business experiences, on average, about
87 hours of downtime a year, resulting in total losses of more than $3.6
million.
"Hitless failover technology brings to high performance networking
environments the resiliency required to reduce the high costs of network
downtime," said Andrew Feldman, vice president of marketing for Force10
Networks. "Force10's hitless technology leads the industry in providing near
instantaneous failover with zero packet loss."
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Force10's hitless failover technology increases network predictability by
bringing an added layer of resiliency to the E-Series family of
switch/routers. The hitless failover technology leverages the built-in route
processor redundancy of the E-Series to maximize network availability and
guarantee automatic failover to secondary processor modules in the event of a
failure. To further ensure network resiliency, the E-Series combines Force10's
hitless failover technology with its non-stop forwarding capabilities, which
ensure that traffic is forwarded during a processor module failover. With
demonstrated full failover of less than 10 microseconds, the Force10 E-Series
switches between primary and secondary modules without dropping a single
packet.
Force10 will host a Webinar at 11 a.m PST on Feb. 24 to explore best
practices
and technologies that network operators can deploy to bring a new level of
reliability to their network and applications. Registration information is
available at: www.force10networks.com/news/wb-2004-02-24.asp.
The E-Series combines fully distributed hardware with the modular Force10
operating system (FTOS) software to deliver line-rate Gigabit and 10 Gigabit
throughput across all ports regardless of traffic conditions while built-in
hardware redundancy guarantees performance continuity. The modular FTOS
allocates individual processes to multiple system processors for maximum
resiliency and fault tolerance. Force10's hitless upgrade and failover
technologies further increase the power of the E-Series to bring unmatched
performance predictability to networks.
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