The new line of communications products will include the NetStructure e-Commerce Accelerator 7110 and a family of devices called NetStructure Traffic Directors. The boxes are designed to speed e-commerce transactions and be easy for network professionals to install. A key feature will be technology that allows the device to offload cryptographic-related processing for secure transaction requests that would otherwise be processed on a Web server. The idea is to speed up overall transaction time. The 7140 addresses Layer 4 traffic management issues, using response times to balance traffic loads between servers.
Network managers can set priorities for requests, including e-commerce transactions.
This device could sit between a router and server farm. The 7170 uses Layer 7 application-specific switching to prioritize requests based on user profiles and URL addresses. The 7190 MultiSite Director allows companies with e-commerce servers in different locations to send requests to whichever server location can process the transaction most efficiently. Supporters of IX include Cisco and 11 other vendors. Sources close to Intel say at least a dozen others will be added to the list this week, but Intel declines to name those vendors.