We recently published a new case study on SoftLayer, an IBM company, that showcases how this major Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider is using Array’s APV Series application delivery controllers for Load-Balancing-as-a-Service (LBaaS) offerings. In addition, SoftLayer deploys Array’s AG Series secure access gateways to allow customers and SoftLayer administrators to manage infrastructure in their respective network segments.
This points up an important distinction: IaaS providers have a unique environment with very different requirements than enterprise deployments. However, especially with regard to application delivery controllers, Array offers features, capabilities and pricing models that are uniquely suited for IaaS deployments.
As organizations increasingly build their businesses in the cloud (i.e. IaaS environment), load balancing becomes ever more important to support cloud-based server and storage offerings. End-users have come to expect LAN-like performance no matter where the actual resources are physically located. Best-effort application and storage performance may be acceptable for some IaaS customers, but most will require guaranteed performance and SLAs to ensure that their end-users receive a high-quality user experience.
In a virtualized environment, and managing hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of customers and devices, Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers also face unique challenges. To fully utilize available resources and to be able to provision them on-demand, it becomes essential to implement an overarching cloud management system.
There is a wide variety of options for IaaS providers, ranging from proprietary ‘homegrown’ solutions to open-source platforms like OpenStack, to commercial offerings like VMware vRealize Orchestrator or Microsoft System Center.
As you’ve seen, through our work with SoftLayer and other IaaS providers Array has developed a very flexible set of ADC options, from platform to management integration to pricing models, to support the unique environment and requirements of IaaS and LBaaS providers. To learn more, visit our IaaS solutions page, or check out our latest white paper, titled Application Delivery as an Infrastructure Service.
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