10 Gigabit Network Equipment Testing
According to a report from Infonetics Research, the market for 10 Gigabit per second (10Gbps) networking equipment grew to $9.5B in 2008, up from $7.3B in 2007. This industry growth creates a critical need for 10 Gigabit testing.
10 Gigabit Testing Overview
Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs), Service Providers, enterprises and government agencies are developing and deploying a new generation of network devices. These devices not only leverage content-aware/Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) functionality, but also enable 10 Gigabit networking. Obviously these devices introduce millions of new variables that impact performance and security, adding significant cost and complexity and making 10 Gigabit testing critical.10 Gigabit Testing with BreakingPoint
BreakingPoint CTO Dennis Cox’s reaction to the above research speaks to what folks must be looking at with 10 Gigabit testing:
"I think these predictions [Infonetics Research] are a bit early; 10G in the back room, definitely, but you really need some 10G to the desktop (a minor portion at least) to make that much damage. Obviously, some applications are REALLY pushing bandwidth right now and bonding is getting much more common than even I thought it would become, so perhaps that is driving demand, which always skews analysts (in a good way). The other thing to think about; 10G chipsets are really expensive right now,1G is down to 40 bucks a port (which is really cheap) since 5 years ago it was 200 bucks a port."
Having the ability to simulate 10+ Gigabits of realistic network traffic in order to test under realistic conditions has become vitally important for NEMs, service providers, application server vendors, enterprises and government agencies.
BreakingPoint enables proper 10 Gigabit testing, including:
- Network processor technology and hardware acceleration for realistic session performance and throughput
- Weekly application protocol and security strike support, and monthly firmware updates
- Realistic blended traffic and live security strikes
- Easy-to-use automated testing
10 Gigabit Testing Advantages
Proper 10 Gigabit testing is critical in order to accelerate product development for the latest in next-generation network equipment. Comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing for 10 Gigabit network equipment and application servers provides NEMs, service providers, application server vendors, enterprises and government agencies with a realistic view of the performance and security of these devices prior to deployment. Additional resources for 10 Gigabit testing include:
- BreakingPoint First Network Equipment Testing Solution to Generate Encrypted Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Application Traffic at 10 Gigabits per Second and Faster
- NetQoS Selects BreakingPoint for Realistic Layer 4-7 Testing at 10 Gigabits per Second
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