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Elfiq Link Balancers : Rock-solid SANs and virtualization

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With the growing popularity of storage area networks and virtualization, network and telecom decision makers have the ability and opportunity to make data and services available in record time while cutting infrastructure costs. The weakest link on these projects is the link infrastructure, where organizations rely on a single link at each site.

Elfiq Networks’ products eliminate this strategic problem by enabling the use of multiple public and/or private links to enhance bandwidth performance and add redundancy to the existing infrastructure, strengthening SAN and virtualization projects.

Their seamless inline design makes Elfiq products transparent to existing assets, and link addition is transparent to the user community. SitePathMTPX technology will enable telecom managers to create resilient links between sites to increase speed, and should one link fail, the others will continue operating to maintain the connection. SitePathMTPX is commonly used with site to site VPN implementations and VoIP projects.

Geolink geographic balancing enables the distribution of incoming and/or outgoing traffic to multiple sites. Should links or sites fail, the flow will be redirected to alternative sites.

Overall, Elfiq products bring performance, reliability and resilience to SAN and virtualization projects, ensuring business continuity.


          

"Formed Fiber Technologies is North America's largest and most innovative manufacturer of needle-punched non-woven fabrics and polyester staple fibers.

Our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system services two other sites where the manufacturing process is 24X7/365.  In the past, when a problem occurred on our WAN, the remote sites slowed to a crawl – additional resources were necessary to back-fill information, and shipments were delayed, costing the corporation valuable time and money.

I am very pleased with the products and support that I have received from Elfiq Networks and would recommend them to any industry that requires high WAN availability."

Mr. Tom Rydzewski, Network Engineer
Formed Fiber Technologies
 

      


Elfiq Link Balancers benefits for SANs and virtualization

Feature

Benefit

  • Use multiple Internet links from any provider (DSL, T1, cable modem, wireless, etc.)
  • Increase redundancy and performance in the existing infrastructure, with up to 320 links
  • Manage multiple links implemented on Layer-2 of the OSI model
  • Seamlessly integrate with any router, firewall or device
  • Ease of use and configuration
  • Add links and manage the unit effortlessly to meet demand or new projects
  • SitePathMTPX point to point resilience
  • Enables resilient and more efficient point to point communications (VPN, VoIP)
  • Intelligent Service Verificator
  • Verifies if a server is available or not before passing traffic
  • Geolink Geographic Balancing
  • Enables incoming and/or outgoing geographic traffic management based on customer-defined rules and link availability