DETAILED FEATURES
| ALOHA 500 | ALOHA 4K | ALOHA 8K | ALOHA 12K | ALOHA SA | |
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| Format | mini box | Rack 1U 19'' | Software on SSD/DoM | ||
| Interfaces | 3 x 100 Mb/s | 4 x 100 Mb/s | 2 x 100 Mb/s + 2 x 1Gb/s | 4 x 1Gb/s | Hardware dependent |
| Power consumption |
5 W | 180 W | 250 W | 250 W | Hardware dependent |
| Network attachment mode | out band (proxy) or in band (transparent proxy) | ||||
| Memory | 256 Mb | 512 Mb | 1 Gb | 1 Gb | Hardware dependent |
| System | Formilux firmware | ||||
| # of HTTP Concurrent sessions | 1 000 | 4 000 | 20 000 | 40 000 | Hardware dependent |
| # connections / second (hits/s) | 500 | 4 000 | 8 000 | 12 000 | Up to 30 000 (dual opteron) |
| SSL Transactions | 100 | 500 | 1 000 | 1 500 | Hardware dependent |
| Throughput | 30 Mb/s | 200 Mb/s | 350 Mb/s | 1,1 Gb/s | Hardware dependent |
| Licensing : # of real servers | Unlimited (No per IP or VIP limitation) | ||||
| Applications High Availability | |||||
| Permanent server monitoring | ![]() |
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| Server soft shut down | ![]() |
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| Surge protection | ![]() |
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| Unlimited # of backup servers / group | ![]() |
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| Persistence on backup servers | ![]() |
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| Auto learning persistence (cookie insertion, modification, rewrite) | ![]() |
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| Customized or predefined HTTP persistence modes | ![]() |
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| Multi site HA & load balancing | ![]() |
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| Incident prevention indicators in logs | ![]() |
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| Service validation by pairs of ports | ![]() |
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| ALOHA High Availability | |||||
| Level 3 High Availability | VRRPv2 | ||||
| Interface High Availability | trunking, 802.3ad | ||||
| Load Balancing | |||||
| HTTP/HTTPS Applications (level 7) |
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| TCP Applications (level 4) |
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| ALinks agregation | ![]() |
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| Server groups monitoring | ![]() |
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| Algorithm selection for load balancing by server groups | ![]() |
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| Time out management by group of servers | ![]() |
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| Load management per server | ![]() |
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| Load balancing algorithms | URL hash, Leastconn, Round robin, Weighted RR, Source hash, Weighted SH | ||||
| Performance | |||||
| # of real servers or services | Unlimited (only Hw/network limits) | ||||
| IP address / port pairing per virtual server | Unlimited | ||||
| Source address selection per group or per server | ![]() |
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| Smart overload prevention | ![]() |
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| TCP/HTTP acceleration | buffering | ||||
| Unnecessary request filtering | ![]() |
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| Anticipated freeing of server connections | ![]() |
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| Log Offload | ![]() |
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| Security | |||||
| DoS, DDoS & worm protection | ![]() |
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| Protocol validation | ![]() |
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| Precise request and response filtering by server groups | ![]() |
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| Information leaking prevention | cookies, headers, cache | ||||
| Connection limitations | global, per group, per server | ||||
| Proxy mode implementation | ![]() |
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| Transparent Proxy mode implementation | ![]() |
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| Log encoding | ![]() |
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| Implementation, Administration | |||||
| Management of any combination of active and/or passive appliances | ![]() |
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| Smart integration with hardware load balancers | ![]() |
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| Advanced logging | timers, services states, system, request latency,... | ||||
| Log management | SYSLOG + buffer local | ||||
| Predefined or customized application monitoring | ![]() |
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| Front end automatic monitoring | ![]() |
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| SNMP monitoring | ![]() |
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| Activity statistics | ![]() |
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| Notifications | SYSLOG alerts, VRRP status, SNMP trap | ||||
| Administration Access | in band / out of band | ||||
| Administration interface | Web, SSH CLI, serial | ||||
Key benefits
- Level 7 Application load balancing,
- Web services & applications high availability,
- Full support for very high traffic websites,
- Full scalability,
- Easy setup & management,
- Full detailed logs facilitating application troubleshooting & debugging,
- Excellent ROI,
- Very low TCO






