Coyote Point Express

Extend Equalizer network impact, web page performance and availability

Reduce content delivery bandwidth requirements by up to 6x.

Size and Complexity equals Challenge

A key issue for website operators is the need to offer fast response time to site visitors. Over time, with more sophistication, web page size has increased. Web servers take longer to process requests, encryption (SSL) and TCP/IP processing times are higher, and more real-time bandwidth is needed to transmit the pages. All this is worsening download times for the site's users who typically abandon sites if pages take more than 8 seconds to download.

Coyote Point responds to the challenge

Web sites are responding by adding web acceleration devices such as Coyote Point load balancers, SSL acceleration engines, TCP/IP off-load engines, and by making massive investments in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). However, CDNs accelerate downloads of static-pages but do not provide a solution to dynamically generated content, which is the backbone of all web-based applications, services and personalized pages.

The Answer

Compression remains the only method to expedite the download of dynamically generated content. Simultaneously, it also increases the throughput of web acceleration devices such as SSL accelerators and speeds up TCP/IP processing. As compressed data travels over the Internet and reaches the requesting client, the browser automatically decompresses the data and displays it.

Powerful

Express® from Coyote Point is a powerful, newly designed, 1 Gbps compression accelerator for Equalizer product line. It offloads HTTP/HTTPS compression to a dedicated PCI-X hardware card, freeing Equalizer's CPU to perform its primary tasks.

Flexible and Consistent

Express contains two compression engines in a single card. A built-in load distributor ensures even usage of the two engines. Installed in an Equalizer, Express compresses web pages that use HTML, JavaScript, Cascaded Style Sheets and other text-based languages by a factor of 2x-6x.

The Express card can be plugged into the Coyote Point E350si, E450si and E550si.

Benefits

Real-time compression offers several major advantages.

Faster Page Downloads

Compressing static and dynamic HTML pages enables faster page downloads by an overall factor of 2x-6x, depending on the data compression ratio achieved and the page composition.

Freeing Equalizer's CPU offers faster page downloads depending on the nature of the content.

Reduced Bandwidth Costs

The total data volume transmitted is reduced. Compressing 1Gbps of traffic down to approx. 250 Mbps of traffic lowers both the peak and the average bandwidth requirement by a factor of four. This reduces bandwidth costs proportionately and the investment pays for itself in a matter of weeks.

Low CPU Utilization

Express performs the compression entirely in hardware. With less data to transmit, the TCP/IP processing burden on the Equalizer is also reduced. This saves expensive CPU cycles, which can be a significant issue in high traffic situations.