With the standards-based 802.3ae interface for its BlackDiamond switch, Extreme Networks is ahead of the game when it comes to 10 Gig connectivity. Even during a barrage of tough performance tests with various packet sizes, the BlackDiamond didn't wince. Access lists, QoS and high packet-per-second rates didn't slow down Extreme's 10 Gigabit interfaces, which maintained their advertised 8 Gbps of throughput in each direction. And Extreme did all this without sacrificing any of the features you'd expect in a high-end, enterprise-class, end-to-end switching and routing device.
Finalist:
BigIron Layer 3 Backbone Switch 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Foundry Networks, (888) TURBO-LAN, (408) 586-1700. www.foundrynetworks.com
Acceleration Device
Winner: DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator 2.0, DataPower Technology, (617) 864-0455. www.datapower.com
The DataPower XA35, our Infrastructure product of the year, sets the pace for accelerator devices. The trim 1U box, which sports four 10/100 Ethernet ports, slashes the time it takes to perform XSLT on XML documents by acting as a souped up XSLT engine. It offers all the horsepower you need to serve up transformed XML in a timely manner.
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