Dell SA introduced its latest PowerApp appliance server, a product designed specifically to assist businesses to increase the performance and uptime of Web sites by efficiently managing and routing Internet traffic through the sites. The product is set to ship in October this year.
The new PowerApp.BIG-IP server is pre-configured and optimised with F5 Networks` BIG-IP Controller software, which provides high availability and speeds performance of Internet sites through its ability to intelligently load-balance and manage Internet content and traffic.
Brendan Mc Aravey, enterprise product manager at Dell SA, says this server eliminates single points of failure when accessing data from Internet sites by routing incoming requests to servers that can best respond, balancing the traffic across Web server farms and critical e-commerce applications.
"By allocating user requests across multiple servers, the PowerApp effectively relieves network traffic overload, reduces Web server burden and improves the browsing experience for online users," adds Mc Aravey.
Available in fixed configurations with defined processor, memory disk drives and optional SSL accelerator card and high-speed gigabit NICs, the PowerApp.BIG-IP can be ordered in both single and redundant pairs for maximum fault tolerance. Custom configuration and tuning services are also available through Dell Services
"Earlier this year, we introduced PowerApp appliance servers to serve Web pages and offer caching capabilities we now offer a full portfolio of PowerApp appliances to allow our customers to capitalise on the growth of the new Internet economy."
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide appliance server opportunity is expected to reach more than 2 million units by 2003. "We project the market for appliance servers to grow substantially over the next three to five years," said John Humphreys, Research Analyst with IDC.
"Demand will be especially strong for appliance servers targeted at the front end of a network architecture. Devices in this market include Web serving, caching, firewall, and load balancing appliances. The combination of F5 Networks` software with Dell`s PowerApp appliance server, and Dell`s back-end service and support provides a compelling value proposition for customers developing their Internet infrastructures."
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