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Security:
Resilience DX4500 VPN/Firewall App
Dramatically Lowers TCO
Resilience Corp, an innovator in the development of fault-tolerant and
high-availability platforms for Linux applications, launched the company's
newest addition to its product line of "Secured by Check Point" security
appliances. The Resilience DX4500 is an Integrated High Availability Check
Point NG appliance that dramatically lowers the cost of acquiring and
implementing a high availability security solution. Until now, all automated
failover solutions for Check Point NG required multiple software licenses.
With the DX4500 and its innovative design, only a single Check Point license
is required, resulting in a much lower cost of ownership.
"A major concern for our enterprise customers is ensuring the uptime of
their
mission-critical VPN and firewall installations," stated Thomas Gegenheimer,
vice president of North American Operations for the NetStar Group. "The new
Resilience DX4500 appliance delivers a highly reliable security solution at an
extremely competitive cost."
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The Resilience DX4500 incorporates two integrated hardware modules in the
same
chassis, with no single point of failure. It allows fast, automated failover
in a low-cost, non-clustered configuration. Configured as an active/standby
system, the DX4500 requires only one software license, allowing customers to
save substantially on software licensing and related costs.
"We are committed to providing the highest level of security protection for
our confidential data," stated David Leong, IT director for Arnold Block
Liebler Law Firm. "Secure access and reliable uptime are absolutely crucial.
The Resilience high availability solution is extremely cost-effective and
simple and is a key element of our firewall implementation."
As with all Resilience DX4000 appliances, the DX4500 comes pre-installed
with
Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 NG software and delivers excellent
price/performance. The DX4500 replaces Resilience's mid-range DX4400 series.
The main enhancement from the DX4400 to the DX4500 is the addition of the
automated failover feature. An upgrade program will be available to DX4400
customers this quarter.
"As experts in delivering high availability security solutions, we
constantly
strive to deliver value and innovation to our customers," stated Ted Marr,
chief executive officer of Resilience Corp. "The Resilience DX4000 product
family is not only the easiest to use in the industry, but now with the
DX4500, we offer the best value for automated failover."
In the event of a hardware or software failure in the active module, the
Resilience DX4500 automatically transfers control to the standby module. All
sessions and connections are immediately and automatically restarted. For
business models that require full state synchronization with absolutely no
transaction or session loss, Resilience also offers their top-of-the-line
DX4600 series incorporating Check Point Cluster XL software. The DX4500 can
also be easily upgraded to the DX4600 if full state synchronization is
required at a later date.
The entry level models of the DX4500 series start at robust throughput
levels
of 600 Mbps firewall and 200 Mbps VPN throughput. The high end of the DX4500
series offers dual processors and performance of up to 1.5Gbps firewall and
600Mbps VPN throughput. This choice of performance models allows businesses to
choose and pay for only the throughput level that meets their network
requirements.
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