SAN JOSE, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Networks(R) today announced that Data Domain, Inc. (Nasdaq: DDUP), the leading provider of deduplication storage systems, selected and deployed A10's AX Series new generation server load balancers for its SAP, Microsoft Outlook Web Access and additional internal applications. To help enterprises realize dramatic cost savings, minimize reliance on tape technology and meet stringent disaster recovery requirements, Data Domain's data center must always be operational. Utilizing 1350 network devices, including 100 servers for corporate infrastructure that run the enterprise applications, Data Domain required a new high-performance load balancing platform to ensure its data center resources are always performing.

To ensure its enterprise applications keep pace, Data Domain selected A10's AX Series for the exceptional price/performance, flexible traffic management and superior support. Upon the recommendation of Silicon Valley based reseller Blue Chip Tek, Data Domain chose A10's AX 2100 and 2000s. The AX 2100s are deployed in the data center in a High Availability (HA) configuration to load balance the servers that run SAP and Microsoft Outlook Web Access, and the AX 2000 is deployed to support additional internal applications.

"A10's AX Series balances the traffic to ensure our enterprise and internal applications are always performing so that our team is constantly productive," said Travis Melo, IS operations manager for Data Domain. "A10's AX Series is the best price/performance application delivery solution for our data center."

"We've been working closely with Data Domain for more than a year regarding its application delivery projects and A10's AX Series server load balancers have met and exceeded expectations in the production environment," said Jason Geis, director of sales for Blue Chip Tek. "The AX Series platforms are extremely flexible from performance and feature perspectives to meet customers' unique requirements, making them a perfect fit in Data Domain's data center."

The key AX Series features Data Domain leverages include Layer 4-7 server load balancing, SSL functionality to offload CPU-intensive encrypted traffic to a dedicated ASIC, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection. Data Domain also leverages AX's aFleX Layer 7 advanced scripting feature to customize policies for avoiding traffic bottlenecks. This allows them to manipulate traffic at the application layer before it reaches the end device - so that applications perform smoothly.

Additional key features within the AX Series include:


    --  Revolutionary Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) for the most
        scalable application delivery solutions
    --  Comprehensive Layer 4-7 features and performance, SSL acceleration,
        hardware compression, RAM Cache, DNS Amplification Mitigation, IPv4 to
        IPv6 translational server load balancing and IPv4 to IPv6 transition
        protocols
    --  Carrier-grade hardware components and redundancy

    --  All features are included in the platform, without additional software
        licensing fees

"We are proud to provide Data Domain the superior application delivery platform it requires to deliver leading storage systems to its customers," said Lee Chen, founder and CEO of A10 Networks. "The AX Series achieves high performance in a small footprint that delivers customers a significant price advantage, while providing innovative advanced features that benefit the data center, as well as the users."

To read the full case study, please visit: http://www.a10networks.com/resources/files/CS-DataDomain.pdf

About A10 Networks

A10 Networks was founded in Q4 2004 with a mission to provide innovative networking and security solutions. A10 Networks makes high-performance products that help organizations accelerate, optimize and secure their applications. A10 Networks is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, visit http://www.a10networks.com

Data Domain

Data Domain(R) is the leading provider of deduplication storage systems. Over 2,500 companies worldwide have purchased Data Domain systems to reduce storage costs and simplify data management. Data Domain delivers the performance, reliability and scalability to address the data protection and nearline storage needs of enterprises of all sizes. Data Domain products integrate into existing customer infrastructures and are compatible with leading enterprise backup and archive software products. For more information, please visit: www.datadomain.com

SOURCE A10 Networks