Datasheet

5
Performance Scalability with the SA6500 FIPS
The SA6500 FIPS is specifically designed to accommodate large numbers of users with complex application needs, and provides
application performance optimization via compression algorithms and hardware-based SSL acceleration. These features allow the
appliance to process large, simultaneous transaction loads while minimizing perceptible latency to users.
Table 5: SA6500 FIPS Performance Scalability
FEATURE FEATURE DESCRIPTION BENEFIT
Built-in hardware-based SSL
acceleration
Ooads compute-intensive encrypt/decrypt process from
the CPU.
Enhanced performance.
Optional 4-port Small
Form-factor Pluggable (SFP)
interface card with flexibility
to select SX, LX, and copper-
based Gigabit Interface
Connector (GBIC) interfaces
Fully redundant/meshed configuration of SSL VPN
appliances with multiple load balancers.
Optimized uptime.
4-port copper 10/100/1000
interface card
Provides high-speed Gigabit Ethernet connections to internal
switches.
Enables link redundancy to the LAN.
Clustering Cluster pairs or multi-unit clusters can be deployed across the
LAN or across the WAN for superlative scalability with a large
number of user licenses.
Access scales as the user base grows.
High Availability
The SA4500 FIPS and SA6500 FIPS appliances include a variety of unique, first-in-industry capabilities for the availability and
redundancy required for mission-critical access in demanding enterprise environments.
Table 6: SA4500 FIPS and SA6500 FIPS High Availability
FEATURE FEATURE DESCRIPTION BENEFIT
SA4500 FIPS
Stateful peering Units that are part of a cluster pair synchronize system-
state, user profile-state, and session-state data among
a group of appliances in the cluster.
Seamless failover with minimal user downtime and loss
of productivity.
Clustering Cluster pairs multiply aggregate throughput to handle
unexpected burst trac as well as resource intensive
application use. Clusters can be deployed in either
active/passive or active/active modes across the LAN or
across the WAN.
Superlative scalability with a large number of user
licenses that scale access as the user base grows.
SA6500 FIPS
Dual, mirrored hot swappable
Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment (SATA) hard drives
and dual, hot swappable fans
hot swappable power supplies
(second power supply optional,
DC power supplies available)
Ensures continuous operation in the rare event of a
failure of a component.
Optimized uptime, operational convenience, high
availability.
Stateful peering Units that are part of a cluster pair synchronize system-
state, user profile-state, and session-state data among
a group of appliances in the cluster.
Seamless failover with minimal user downtime and loss
of productivity.
Clustering Cluster pairs multiply aggregate throughput to handle
unexpected burst trac as well as resource-intensive
application use. Clusters can be deployed in either
active/passive or active/active modes across the LAN or
across the WAN.
Superlative scalability with a large number of user
licenses that scale access as the user base grows.
Streamlined Management and Administration
The SA4500 FIPS and SA6500 FIPS appliances include a variety of features available from a central management console at the click of
a button. These benefits are extended across clustered devices, with the addition of Juniper Networks NSM Central Manager, part of the
advanced feature set. NSM Central Manager is a robust product with an intuitive web-based UI designed to facilitate the task of configuring,
updating, and monitoring SA Series appliances whether within a single device, local cluster, or across a global cluster deployment.