Abstract

Coyote Point Systems Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the Equalizer E350si, a Layer 4-7 load-balancing appliance designed to provide Enterprise-class performance aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (and budgets). Coyote Point also asked The Tolly Group to evaluate the Equalizer E350si against Barracuda Networks Load Balancer 340. The Barracuda Load Balancer 340 was chosen because the vendor’s specifications show it offers similar capabilities to the Equalizer E350si.

Tolly Group engineers measured the transaction rate, response time and aggregate throughput at Layer 4 and Layer 7 when handling 64-byte and 16Kbyte object sizes. Engineers also verified the features from various categories such as scalability, flexibility and ease of management.

Tests were conducted in July 2008.