Radware Web Server Director (WSD) ensures the full availability, optimized operation and complete security of server farms, guaranteeing the reliability and highest performance of mission critical applications across your network.

WSD eliminates bottlenecks, failures and downtime from enterprise servers while continuously protecting resources from security violations for fault tolerant operation of all IP applications including web services, online databases and e-mail. By managing all network traffic at Gigabit speeds, WSD attains the maximum utilization of servers across local and global sites for full service redundancy, economical operation and seamless scaling of enterprise applications.

Combining the power of Radware's Multi-gigabit Layer 4-7 Application Switching hardware platform with Radware's SynApps Application Aware service architecture including Health Monitoring, Load Balancing, Bandwidth Management, Intrusion Prevention and DoS Protection, WSD guarantees your IT infrastructure is dependable, effective and scaleable.

WSD Key Features & Benefits

Multi-Gigabit Speed IP Application Operation	Maximum throughput Intelligent Application Switching for the highest performance of all mission critical applications
24/7 Application Availability	Fault tolerant server operation for complete IP Application access
Optimized Server Farm Operation	Maximum utilization of all server resources for accelerated application performance, the best user experience and economical ongoing operations
Complete Local and Global Service Continuity	Multi-level redundancy and load balancing between servers, WSD units and distributed sites for complete business continuity across global networks
Prioritized Application Service Levels	Comprehensive control over bandwidth allocation by IP addresses, application and content, ensuring prioritized service levels to guarantee mission critical applications and manage resource consumption
SSL Based Attack Mitigation	SSL packet decryption (with CertainT 100) in conjunction with intrusion prevention protect the network from SSL encrypted attacks
Denial of Service Protection and Intrusion Prevention	Real-time protection of servers against debilitating Denial of Service failures and malicious Buffer Service Overflows, Trojans, Nimda, Code Red and over 1,000 common attack signatures for continuous protection against hacking
Unlimited Application Scalability	Fully flexible traffic distribution across server farms and data centers for seamless scaling of server operations and handling of increased traffic volumes for economical service growth
Site Wide Application Visibility	Configware Insite provides simple WSD device configuration and end-to-end security performance statistics for site wide monitoring and pinpointing of Application operation vulnerabilities
Compact 1 Unit Size	WSD’s compact 1 unit size saves precious rack space

WSD New Features

Global Redirection of Streaming Content	Global layer 4 - 7 redirection of RTSP based on content availability across different sites for non-replication of streaming content across servers, cutting server deployment requirements and reducing management overhead.
VRRP Array Redundancy	Full redundancy across an array of WSD devices in active mode, for increased fault tolerance, boosted throughputs and full compliance with all VRRP standards and supported network elements.

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