Fortinet FortiADC Application Delivery Controllers

In this video you'll be introduced to some of the features and capabilities of Fortinet's Application Delivery Controller platform, the FortiADC.

FortiADC Application Delivery Controllers

FortiADC hardware and virtual Application Delivery Controllers provide unmatched Server Load Balancing performance whether to scale an application across a few servers in a single data center or serve multiple applications to millions of users around the globe. With included SSL Offloading, HTTP Compression, Global Server Load Balancing, Firewall and Link Load Balancing, they offer the performance, features and security needed at a single all-inclusive price.

Highlights

L4 throughput from 2.7 Gbps to 50 Gbps.

Complete layer 4 to 7 server load balancing solution with intelligent policy-based routing

Web Application Firewall and IP Reputation (subscriptions required)

Scripting for custom load balancing and content rewriting rules

Authentication Offloading speeds user authentication for secure applications

Qualified for Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013

The FortiADC Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) optimize the availability, user experience, performance and scalability of Enterprise Application Delivery. The FortiADC family of physical appliances delivers fast, secure and intelligent acceleration and distribution of demanding applications in the enterprise.

Optimize Application Delivery

With bandwidth demand growing faster than budgets and cyber attacks constantly on the rise, it can be challenging to securely and efficiently deliver applications at the speed your users expect. Fortinet ADC appliances optimize the availability, user experience, and scalability of enterprise application delivery. They deliver fast, secure, and intelligent acceleration and distribution of even the most demanding enterprise applications.

FortiADCs ensure application security and performance with:

Application-aware intelligence for smart distribution of application traffic

Bandwidth prioritization through Quality of Service (QoS) policies

24x7 application availability through automatic failover, global server load balancing, and link load balancing to optimize WAN connectivity

Web application firewall to defend against application vulnerabilities

High-performance, Secure Application Delivery

Comprehensive server load balancing for 99.999% application uptime

Server offloading for improved application acceleration, scale and TCO

Intelligent traffic management for optimized application delivery and availability

Hardware-based SSL offloading

Authentication Offloading

Included Global Server Load Balancing

Included Link Load Balancing

Web Application Firewall with automatic updates

Scripting for custom load balancing and content rewriting

Appliance and virtual machine form factors

Accelerate content delivery with dynamic compression

Prioritize applications and manage bandwidth using Quality of Service (QoS) policies

Features and Benefits

Advanced Layer 7 Load Balancing
Intuitive L7 policy-based routing to dynamically rewrite content to support complex applications and server configurations.

SSL Offloading, Forward Proxy, and Visiblity
Hardware and software-based SSL offloading reduces the performance impact on your server infrastructure. Also provides SSL visibility, decryption and re-encryption for FortiGate to easily inspect traffic for threats.

Global Server Load Balancing
Included Global Server Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple geographical locations for disaster recovery or to improve user response times.

Link Load Balancing
Link Load Balancing distributes traffic over multiple ISPs to increase resilience and reduce the need for costly bandwidth upgrades.

IP Reputation
IP Reputation Service protects your applications against automated web attacks by identifying access from botnets and other malicious sources.

Web Application Firewall
Protect applications with Web Application Attack signatures and HTTP RFC compliance.