Network security solutions provider Hillstone Networks has announced the X10800, a new data center security platform that supports a full suite of security services. Hillstone X10800 is specifically designed to meet the “ever-growing” security requirements of large cloud infrastructures with higher performance, scalability, and reliability.
The Hillstone X10800 is based on a fully-distributed architecture. The architecture is “future proof” to support up to 7 Tbps Firewall throughput. It would be built with “a full-blown next-gen” firewall services, advanced threat prevention capabilities, and multi-tenancy features. With its 12 slots, Hillstone X10800 supports 100GE high-density interfaces and intelligent security services. Its fully redundant design at all levels would guarantee “carrier-grade reliability.”
“We are proudly introducing the Hillstone flagship product X10800, today,” said Lingling Zhang, Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing, Hillstone Networks. “We believe high-performance, scalability, and reliability are the foundation to ensure security services in large virtualized data centers. Hillstone is committed to delivering continuous innovation that makes security simply work for our customers.”
‘1 Tbps Firewall Throughput’
Founded in 2006, Hillstone Networks delivers network security solutions to 15,000+ customers worldwide. These would include Fortune 500 enterprises, financial and educational institutions, government and service providers.
“The new platform from Hillstone presents up to 1 Tbps for firewall throughput in our tests, with support for complete business continuity based on Active/Active and Firewall Twin Mode deployment options,” said Zhu Liu, Area Manager, Ixia Solutions Group, Keysight Technologies. “On top of this, we’ve seen great business scalability along with great user experience. With 10 million new sessions per second, with a maximum of 480 million concurrent sessions, it definitely is the game-changing platform.”
