Foundry Networks unveiled a new series of high-availability Layer 4-7 application management and web appliances for server farms. The new ServerIron GT E-series use Foundry's TrafficWorks embedded operating system and JetCore switching and packet processing chips to provide hardware-based forwarding, denial of service protection and access control filtering. The appliances could be used for load balancing, in-depth network defense and intelligent and configurable content inspection and switching. Three models are being introduced:
- ServerIronGT EGx2 -- Two Gigabit Ethernet ports, application processor with performance of up to 50,000 Layer 4 connections per second, two expansion slots; $15,995
- ServerIronGT EGx4 -- Four Gigabit Ethernet ports, application processor with performance of up to 100,000 Layer 4 connections per second, two expansion slots; $24,995
- ServerIronGT E10Gx2 -- Two 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, application processor with performance of up to 150,000 Layer 4 connections per second, two expansion slots; $44,995.
