Hardware Appliances

The ZXTM 3000 and ZXTM 8000 Appliances combine the award winning ZXTM software with Sun Microsystem's high-performance, compact and energy-efficient server hardware for the most convenient and cost effective integrated Application Delivery and Load Balancing appliances.

3000 Appliance

The ZXTM 3000 Appliance is a compact 1U appliance based on the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server. It has a dual-core 64-bit processor, 2Gb memory and 4 1Gbit NICs.

Software Options: ZXTM or ZXTM LB, plus Zeus Operating Environment

8000 Appliance

The ZXTM 8000 Appliance is based on the 1U, energy-efficient Sun Fire X4100 M2 server. It has two dual-core 64-bit processors, 4Gb memory (32Gb optional) and 8 1Gbit NICs.

The ZXTM 8000 includes redundant disks and power supplies.

Software Options: ZXTM plus Zeus Operating Environment

Support

ZXTM 3000 and 8000 appliances are backed by Sun Microsystem's 4-Hour or Next Business Day hardware support, depending on support contract.

Operating Environment

Zeus appliances include a hardened operating environment, web-based configuration and software subscription for easy OS and application updates. Read more.

Feature Comparison

The Feature Comparison matrix desribes the differences between the Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM) software and ZXTM Load Balancer software.

Alternative Platforms

ZXTM Software can be installed on any supported Linux, Solaris or FreeBSD server.

The ZXTM Virtual Appliance is a certified virtual appliance for VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3, and is also available for Windows Virtual Server 2005 R2. It contains the ZXTM or ZXTM LB software, and the Zeus Operating Environment for easy installation and configuration.