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Vyatta 2502 Open Network Appliance Smashes Cisco ISR
Vyatta Delivers Dual-Core Performance With Eight Times the Memory of Cisco
| Source: Vyatta
BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - December 9, 2008) - Vyatta, the leader in open networking, today
announced the Vyatta 2502 networking appliance with advanced routing and
security features. The Vyatta 2502 takes advantage of hardware technology
advances to deliver 2.4 GHz dual-core forwarding performance and large
memory size for a fraction of the price of the Cisco ISR series. With more
than 2GB of RAM, the Vyatta 2502 delivers eight times the standard memory
offering of the Cisco 2800 and 3800 series ISR family. The Vyatta 2502
offers dual, redundant 250GB hard disk drives in a RAID-1 configuration,
which deliver large amounts of reliable storage for advanced features such
as web caching, intrusion prevention, and anti-virus scanning.
Vyatta has also upgraded its 2501 model appliance, adding a 250GB hard
drive and 1GB of RAM without any increase in price. Both Vyatta appliance
models are available at a fraction of the cost of proprietary routing and
security devices and include a full complement of features, many of which
cost thousands of dollars extra with other solutions: integrated BGP, OSPF,
and RIP routing; stateful firewall; VPN; intrusion prevention; antivirus;
quality of service (QoS); WAN load balancing; WAN interface capabilities
from ADSL to T3; and LAN interface capabilities up to 10 Gbps. For a
complete list of features, visit http://www.vyatta.com/products/index.php.
"If you're in the market for a mid-range enterprise networking solution,
you can't beat the price/performance of the Vyatta 2500 appliances. It's
like getting a Cisco 3800 for less than a Cisco 2800, with more features
and functions to boot," said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta. "As the
recession wreaks havoc on IT budgets during this holiday season, Vyatta is
giving a gift to over-extended network managers everywhere -- all the
network power and performance they need for an extraordinarily low price.
Given the current economic conditions, companies can't afford NOT to
consider Vyatta for their networks."
Availability and Pricing
The Vyatta 2502 open network appliance is available now starting at just
$2,747. The Vyatta 2501 appliance has a starting price of $2,347. To
purchase a Vyatta appliance, go to http://www2.vyatta.com/store.
About Vyatta
Vyatta builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions that
provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary
vendors. Our customers are smarter, better looking, and drive much nicer
cars than purchasers of big-name products. Vyatta customers know that
Vyatta's Linux-based router, firewall and VPN software gives them a level
of control unavailable from proprietary solutions. Vyatta customers are
thought leaders who recognize the benefits of flexible deployment options
-- x86 hardware, blade servers, virtualization -- of freedom to integrate
applications of their choice, and of the economic and performance
advantages of commodity hardware and components. For more info, visit
http://www.vyatta.com.
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