340 Gigabits Per Second of Blended Layer 4-7 Application Traffic

The testing tools industry loves to throw around numbers when it comes to Gigabits per second (Gbps) and rightfully so, it is a critical discussion, particularly as we see more and more network devices capable of handling large Gbps. Truth in testing dictates that it is not only important to emulate traffic at the Gbps you need, but also do it using blended, stateful Layer 4-7 application traffic (and simply using HTTP is NOT realistic).

Below is a screencast we shot of a 5-box BreakingPoint Elite test and a 10-box BreakingPoint Elite test. The tests are performed from one common user interface (not to mention common reporting) and you can watch along with me to see how much Layer 4-7 blended application traffic we emulate. The story is in the headline, but it's fun to watch it happen and I edited this down so that you can watch it in a little over 120 seconds, but if you want a more in-depth look at BreakingPoint Elite check out all of our screencasts.

As you saw in the video, BreakingPoint testing tools supports more than 70 application protocols including HTTP, SMTP, AOL® IM, FIX, IBM DB2, VMware® VMotionTM, Microsoft® CIFS/SMB, MAPI, Oracle, Encrypted BitTorrent™, eDonkey, RADIUS, SIP, Windows Live Messenger, World of Warcraft®, Yahoo!® Messenger, and many others. Additionally, new application protocols and security strikes released each week and an API is available for accelerating proprietary protocols.

Posted by Kyle Flaherty

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