ET/BWMGR v4.0

What's New in v4.0?

Support for FreeBSD 7.0
SMP (Multi-processor) Support
Performance is Tripled (on Quad-core System)
New Licensing Framework
45Mb/s Licenses
Redundancy for Appliances
All licenses now available for CD Software Appliances
Improved Window Shaping Algorithm
Improved Rule Matching Algorithm
MySQL 5 support for Freebsd 7
New "global" Ruleset for Systems with Multiple Traffic Flows
Release Notes

FreeBSD 7.0 with SMP

We've re-written the bridging system for FreeBSD 7.0 and the result is a truly astounding performer. Few customers have a need to do bandwidth management on 1.5 million packets/second, but then again, you've probably never floored your V8 either. Knowing the power is there is a comfort in itself.

FreeBSD has many built-in features such as LAGG interfaces for load-balancing, as well as support for the latest NICs, including 10Gb/s NICs.

v4.0 Licensing

We've completely changed our licensing format, allowing us to benefit from the scalability of our product, and allowing customers to only pay for what they need. With the high cost of shipping, we've decided it benefits everyone to allow customers to use local hardware vendors. We still have "limited" licenses, for 2Mb/s, 10Mb/s and 45Mb/s. Licenses over 45Mb/s are all unlimited and are scaled to the performance capabilities of your system.

45Mb/s Licensing

We've added a 45Mb/s license to provide a competively priced product that can take advantage of our new high-performance features without breaking the bank.

Improved Window Shaping

We've improved the granularity of our window shaping algorithm, increasing peformance and precision of traffic flows.

Improved Rule Matching

We've streamlined the most CPU intensive function and the result is a substantial increase in performance with large complex rulesets.

Global Ruleset

The new Global ruleset feature allows customers with multiple flows to manage traffic as if there was only 1 flow. Suppose you have 2 pipes to the internet, and traffic flows randomly over the 2 pipes. Some of a customer's traffic is on pipe 1, and some on pipe 2. With the global ruleset, you can manage the customer's bandwidth as if it was a single flow