Hardware Appliances

The ZXTM 2000, ZXTM 5000, ZXTM 7000 and ZXTM 7400 Appliances combine the award winning ZXTM software with proven, high-performance hardware to build a range of easy-to-manage internet traffic management appliances.

2000 Appliance

The 2000 Appliance is a small form-factor 1U appliance with a single 64-bit processor, 2Gb memory and 3 1Gbit NICs.

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

5000, 7000 and 7400 appliances

The 5000, 7000 and 7400 appliances are 2U in size with two 64-bit processors, 4Gb memory and 5 1Gbit NICs.

The 7000-series appliances include redundant disks and power, and the 7400 appliance also includes dual core processors and 8Gb memory for the most demanding network processing tasks.

Software Options: ZXTM plus Zeus Operating Environment

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.

ZXTM Global Load Balancer

ZXTM GLB is available on the ZXTM 2000 and ZXTM 7000 appliance.

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.