Network QoS & Content Filter Bundle

Overview:

Bandwidth Shaping

Our Dynamic Bandwidth Management technology can automatically shape traffic based on application type (including the blocking of P2P and IM apps), IP address, protocol, or defined user. The EdgeXOS appliance will monitor usage and under heavy usage conditions will slow down non-critical traffic in order to provide critical traffic with more bandwidth and better responsiveness.

Network Visibility

Gain understanding as to who is using network resources, when they are being used, and who is using them. Determine which applications are consuming bandwidth resources and which applications should be designated as mission critical. Then transfer this new understanding in to shaping rules to better management resources.

Web Filtering Firewall

Deploy comprehensive web content filtering and security for your organization while speeding up downloads using our unique web acceleration technology. The EdgeXOS includes real-time URL protection and built-in reliability that no other web filter solution on the market can beat. Optional integrated gateway/client plug-in provides additional per-user anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-malware, and fraud protection.

Why a Bandwidth and Content Manager?

Visibility, Control, and Greater Security are some of the key concerns for organizations which utilize the Internet to conduct their daily operations. The EdgeXOS platform is a fully integrated bandwidth shaping and content management appliance which puts control back in to the hands of the network administrator. Do you know who is using the most bandwidth on your network and manage that bandwidth on a per-user basis? Do you need to control end-user access to websites? Are your mission critical applications becoming less responsive? Do you want more bandwidth but don't want the added cost?

Key Advantages:

The Bandwidth and Content Manager delivers traffic shaping and prioritization to improve network performance and control end-user access to value bandwidth resources. Through our Dynamic Bandwidth Management technology the EdgeXOS platform is able to actively adjust QoS policies in real-time in order to increase overall responsiveness.

The Bandwidth and Content Manager incorporates a complete web content filtering solution for organizations which wish to limit their liability, increase productivity, and manage bandwidth usage. With real-time URL categorization, reporting, and management, the EdgeXOS platform can mitigate ricks posed by the Internet.

The Bandwidth and Content Manager improves network visibility by providing the network administrator with detailed information with regards to who is using the most bandwidth, which applications are used the most, and when bandwidth usage is at its peak. This information can then be used to determine how to best shape the organizations traffic.

Dynamic Bandwidth Management & Prioritization

Our dynamic bandwidth management works by looking at current usage levels and applying policies based on those levels. As more bandwidth is used, the stricter the policies become. The network administrator can also create their own policies based on defined levels. Further policies can be created based on application type, protocol, port, IP address, MAC address, and/or a defined user which has been authenticated. The EdgeXOS is also able to identify and limit access to many P2P and Instant Messaging applications, including Skype.

 

Extensive Network & Application Reporting

Only the EdgeXOS appliance includes this level of built-in network reporting capabilities. With our XFlow™ reporting capabilities network administrators can view who the top networks users are, what applications are used the most, and how much bandwidth is being used on each link in real-time. Our unique SLA reporting capabilities can be used to confirm whether your ISP is meeting its commitments and automatically adjust traffic routing in the event that a critical remote site begins to suffer connectivity problems via one of the WAN links by adjusting traffic to route across the more responsive paths.

 

Enterprise Class Web Content Filtering

Protect the network is real-time URL filtering and automated website categorization. The EdgeXOS includes enterprise class web content management with detailed usage reporting capabilities. View live web requests and whether they have been allowed or denied. Produce daily email reports showing top categories, top allowed/denied sites, and top web users, over 20 reports in all. Create custom site filters or only allow specific sites. Create bypass rules to allow certain users with direct access, and optionally add per-user web-plugin's to provide real-time anti-spyware, anti-virus, and anti-malware support.

Built-In Web Acceleration

Most "web filtering" products on the market simply don't offer the ability to utilize multiple WAN links at the same time in order to improve throughput and reliability. Only the EdgeXOS platform with Multi-Session Acceleration™ is able to provide both web filtering and multi-link web acceleration in order to increase downloads speeds. The EdgeXOS platform is able to combine the bandwidth of two or more ISP-links to actually accelerates web connections. Example: Start with a single 2.5Mbps DSL link, then add a second 2.5Mbps DSL link, the total combined throughput can reach over 10Mbps. That's WAN bonding!

 

Unsurpassed 360 Transparent Installation Support

XRoads Networks guarantees the installation of every EdgeXOS appliance, and backs this guarantee with our superior network engineering support. With nearly ten years experience in deploying bandwidth and content management solutions, our engineers can get your deployment up and running in the most transparent method possible. The EdgeXOS appliance is also highly flexible in terms of deployment which ensures that our solutions work in just about any network environment.

 

 

Features:

 

Global URL Filtering (additional licensing required) 48 Categories (Phishing, Pornography, Adware, Job Search) 5 Detailed Daily, Weekly, Monthly Reports Real-Time Intelligent URL Categorization 12 Billion URL Database Network Reporting XFlow 3D Graphical Reporting XFlow Real-Time Reports XFlow Top User Reports XFlow Top Application Reports XFlow IP Reports XFlow Session Reports XFlow Device Monitoring XFlow > sFlow Reporting Link Load Balancing Best Path Routing Enhanced Session Persistence Intelligent Vector Routing Algorithm Weighted Round-Robin Spill-Over Multi-Session Acceleration HTTP / Multi-Session Link Bonding Round-Robin Weighted Content Identification Built-In Hardware Failover Active/Passive High Availability Mode Full Configuration Sync'ing Built-in Dual Power Suppies (EdgeXL-1000)

Bandwidth Management / QoS 12 Levels Of Prioritization 10 Sub-Levels Of ToS/Diffserv Marking Application Prioritization URL Prioritization Guaranteed Rate Limit Group / Single Rate Assignment Scope-Based Shaping Advanced Networking Virtual Proxy (VNAT) Static NAT Dynamic NAT IP Forwarding Policy-Based PAT (Port Address Translation) Layer-4 Proxy Routing Layer-3 Static Routing Layer-2 Transparent Bridging (Drop-In Mode) One-to-One, One-to-Many NAT Per-User Content Filtering & Protection (additional licensing required) ProActive Real-Time Web Filtering Anti-Virus Anti-Phishing Anti-Malware Industry Leading Anti-Spyware Automated LAN Bypass Automatically Fails Open Prevents Single Point of Failure LAN to WAN Bypass on Power Failure

Appliances Comparision:

 

Edge Appliances	Edge2WAN Series		EdgePRO Series		EdgeXL Series
Models	50	55	100	200	500/800	1000
Capacity
Recommended Users	5-25	5-50	25-100	100-250	200-5000	1000-50000+
Switching Fabric	10 Mbps	100 Mbps	275 Mbps	500 Mbps	1 Gbps	8 Gbps
Sustained Throughput	5 Mbps	15 Mbps	35 Mbps	100 Mbps	155/500 Mbps	1 Gbps
Site2Site Throughput	2 Mbps	3 Mbps	15 Mbps	25 Mbps	30/50 Mbps	155 Mbps
XFlow Throughput	1 Mbps	3 Mbps	10 Mbps	20 Mbps	30/40 Mbps	155 Mbps
Bandwidth Management Functionality
Transparent Installation
WAN Aggregation
Link Bonding / Acceleration	-
QoS & Rate Shaping
Site2Site VPN Reliability
Best Path Routing (BPR)
Enhanced Session Policy-Routing (ESP)
ActiveDNS
XFlow Network Monitoring
XFlow Graphical Usage Reporting
Multi-Level Outage Detection (MOD)
Virtual Technician
Network Access Control
SPI Policy-Based Firewall
SSL-VPN Client
Per-User Spyware & Content Filtering Firewall*	SWF	SWF	SWF	SWF	SWF	SWF
Global Web Filtering*	-	SWF	SWF	SWF	SWF	SWF
Built-in DoS Protection
VirtualNAT
Full NAT/PAT Support
Active/Passive Appliance High Availability
Real-Time Link Statistics
Custom Syslog Reporting (w/API)
Custom SNMP Reporting (w/API)
Automated Email Alerts
Specifications
WAN/DMZ Ports	2	4	5	5	8 (2 DMZ)	10 (4 DMZ)
Concurrent Sessions	15,000	50,000	100,000	250,000	500K/1000K	2,000,000
Site2Site Tunnels	15	25	50	100	250/500	1000
ActiveDNS Domains	100	100	1,000	1,000	10,000	10,000
Classes / Policies	32	256	1,024	2,048	4,096	4,096
XOS Memory	128 MB	768 MB	1 GB	2 GB	2/4 GB	4 GB
Auto-Bypass			optional	optional
Rack Mountable	optional

SWF = Annual licensing fee for both the per-user Spyware & Web Filteirng and the Netsweeper URL Filtering services.