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Barracuda Load Balancer
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Powerful, Enterprise-Class Solution

The Barracuda Load Balancer is designed to provide comprehensive IP load balancing capabilities to any IP-based application, including:

  • Internet sites with high traffic requirements, such as Web, FTP, media streaming, and content delivery networks
  • Hosted applications using thin-client architectures, like Citrix or Windows Terminal Services
  • Other IP services requiring optimal performance, including SMTP, DNS, RADIUS, and TFTP

The Barracuda Load Balancer’s integrated Service Monitor ensures that servers and their associated applications are operational.  In the event of server or application failure, the Barracuda Load Balancer facilitates automatic failover to ensure continuous availability.  The Barracuda Load Balancer also assists in orchestrating scheduled maintenance windows on specific servers while maintaining application availability through other servers in the server farm.

To mitigate risks associated with failures of the load balancers themselves, two Barracuda Load Balancers can be deployed in an active/passive configuration.  In the event of failure of a primary active Barracuda Load Balancer, the secondary Barracuda Load Balancer will automatically activate and assume the identity of the primary load balancer so as to maintain application availability.

Easy to Use and Maintain

The Barracuda Load Balancer is extremely easy to deploy, featuring automatic discovery and configuration tools through an intuitive Web interface.  To minimize ongoing administration associated with security, the Barracuda Load Balancer automatically receives current intrusion prevention and security updates from Barracuda Central, an advanced technology operations centre where engineers continuously monitor and mitigate the latest Internet threats.

The Barracuda Load Balancer also facilitates automatic configuration through a Web-based application programming interface (API) and system monitoring through SNMP.

Affordable

While price and complexity have historically restricted some organizations from deploying load balancers, the Barracuda Load Balancer is designed for organizations of all sizes. With no per port or per server license fees, the Barracuda Load Balancer is the most affordable enterprise-grade load balancing solution in its class.


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Features & Benefits
Load Balancing for all IP-based applications
 
The Barracuda Load Balancer is designed to provide fast and comprehensive IP load balancing capabilities to any IP-based application, including:
  • HTTP
  • HTTPS (SSL)
  • SSH
  • SMTP
  • IMAP
  • RDP (Citrix/Terminal Services)
  • POP3
  • NNTP
  • ASP
  • Streaming Media
  • DNS
  • LDAP
  • RADIUS
  • TFTP
  • Other TCP/UDP based services
Intrusion Prevention System
 
Many security technologies are integrated into the Barracuda Load Balancer. The set-and-forget, best of breed Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) helps secure your network, even if you miss a patch or if an exploit manages to get past your existing security. In addition to the Denial of Service (DDoS) protection provided for all load balanced servers by the built-in IPS, the Barracuda Load Balancer will also automatically block any exploits that are detected across multiple protocols, with no extra configuration required. Exploit signatures are regularly updated at Barracuda Central, and are automatically delivered to your Barracuda Load Balancer via Energize Updates.

Auto-Discover Mode
 
All models of the Barracuda Load Balancer support Auto-Discovery of Real Servers and Services, to ensure quick and easy deployment of new servers.  For common services, there’s no need to manually configure each port. The Barracuda Load Balancer automatically detects which services are running on a specified server, which saves on deployment and configuration time.

IP Persistence
 
The Barracuda Load Balancer supports technology that directs clients back to the same server to establish session server persistence. In environments where session persistence is required, Layer 4 IP persistence provides a fast and reliable solution for most configurations including most encrypted e-commerce traffic, database, and Citrix/Terminal Services configurations. The timeout is fully configurable and can be enabled on a service level.

Scheduling Policy
 
Multiple scheduling technologies are supported by the Barracuda Load Balancer, including server weighting, Weighted Least Connection (WLC), and Weighted Round Robin (WRR).

Automated Service Monitor
 
A fully integrated service monitor is available on all Barracuda Load Balancers, which allows for easy re-configuration of your servers based on the availability of your upstream and downstream infrastructure components. Downed servers are automatically removed from the farm within seconds of server failure.

Multiple Deployment Modes
 
The Barracuda Load Balancer supports three different operating modes for the most flexibility of any load balancer on the market. Route-path offers the most flexibility, while Bridge-path allows deployment without changes to existing IP infrastructure. Direct Server Return allows up to 10GB throughput, ideal for content delivery networks.

High Availability
 
High Availability is easy to set up with the Barracuda Load Balancer's  Web interface. Simply point the secondary (backup) Barracuda Load Balancer to the primary Load Balancer’s management IP address, and the load balancer synchronizes configurations to establish a highly available network that brings your server farm to enterprise grade availability.

Web Administrative Interface
The Barracuda Load Balancer configuration is executed through an intuitive Web interface. With features such as quick server and service adding, health monitoring, and Auto-Discover, the Barracuda Load Balancer is easy to use, a typical configuration can be performed in less than ten minutes!
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Specifications
Model ComparisonModel 240Model 340Model 440Model 640
CAPACITY*    
Maximum Throughput95 Mbps950 Mbps 950 Mbps 950 Mbps
Real Server Support103550250
SSL Offloading/Acceleration  150 TPS 200 TPS 2,000 TPS
HARDWARE    
Rackmount Chassis1U Mini1U Mini1U Mini1U Fullsize
Dimensions (in.)16.8x1.7x1416.8x1.7x1416.8x1.7x1416.8x1.7x22.6
Dimensions (cm.)42.7x4.3x35.642.7x4.3x35.642.7x4.3x35.642.7x4.3x57.4
Weight (lbs. /kg.)12 / 5.4 12 / 5.4 12 / 5.4 26 / 11.8
Ethernet2 x 10/1002 x Gigabit2 x Gigabit14 x Gigabit
AC Input Current (Amps)1.01.21.41.8
ECC Memory    Yes
FEATURES    
Layer 4 Load Balancing YesYesYesYes
Direct Server Return YesYesYesYes
Intrusion Prevention YesYesYesYes
High Availability  YesYesYes
Layer 7 Load Balancing  YesYesYes
Cookie Persistence  YesYesYes
SSL Offloading  YesYesYes
Programming Interface/API   YesYes
Hardware SSL Acceleration    Yes
Capacity depends on environment and selected options.
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Associated Products
Link to associated product: Barracuda Message Archiver Barracuda Message Archiver

The Barracuda Message Archiver is the perfect solution to keeping track of all email messages sent to and from the network. It is the ultimate tool to keep good records of any message for all purposes.
Link to associated product: Barracuda IM Firewall Barracuda IM Firewall
The Barracuda IM Firewall is the first product to provide everything an organization needs to control and manage internal and external instant messaging (IM) traffic. It combines an integrated IM server and gateway solution that is powerful, easy to use, and affordable for businesses of all sizes. Installing in minutes, it can easily and completely identify and manage both internal and public IM traffic within your organisation. Using the Barracuda IM Firewall, your organization can eliminate the security, virus, or compliance risks of instant messaging while harnessing the communications and productivity benefits for which IM has become an indispensable asset.
Link to associated product: Barracuda Spam Firewall Barracuda Spam Firewall

The Barracuda Spam Firewall is an integrated hardware and software solution for complete protection of your email server. It provides a powerful, easy to use, and affordable solution to eliminating spam and virus from your organisation.
Link to associated product: Barracuda Web Filter Barracuda Web Filter
Barracuda Web Filter Overview

The Barracuda Web Filter is an integrated anti-spyware and content filtering solution that is powerful, easy to use, and affordable for businesses of all sizes. It easily and completely eliminates spyware and other forms of malware from your organisation. No more productivity loss trying to repair computers or make computers usable again.

Powerful, Enterprise-Class Solution

The Barracuda Web Filter combines preventative, reactive, and proactive measures to form a complete anti-spyware solution. The Barracuda Web Filter:

  1. Stops spyware downloads (including drive-by downloads)
  2. Stops virus downloads
  3. Blocks access to spyware websites
  4. Detects spyware access to the Internet
  5. Facilitates spyware removal
  6. Block offensive websites
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