HP e-Commerce / XML director server appliance sa8250 - Users Guide

C H A P T E R 1 HP e-Commerce/XML Director Server Appliance SA8250 User Guide
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SSL acceleration and
intelligent traffic
management benefits
Performance degrades dramatically as more customers access a
site in SSL mode, frustrating the very customers who are
attempting to make a purchase. The SA8250 is essential to
providing high performance and superior levels of service when
building reliable, scalable, and secure e-Commerce sites.
Off-loading SSL handling from e-Commerce servers improves
overall site performance and customer response time
Accelerated SSL processing eliminates over-provisioning capacity
Lower processing demands on the server creates greater capacity
for your e-Commerce site
Drop-in installation avoids impacting your mission critical e-
Commerce servers
Response-time based prioritized service for secure transactions
Improved responsiveness, reliability, and QoS for secure
transactions means delivering the highest levels of support for
paying customers
Ensures that e-Commerce merchants are always open for business
by preventing “Server Too Busy” and “File Not Found” errors,
even for secure transactions
Patent pending
intelligent XML content
routing for secure
transactions
The SA8250 implements intelligent traffic management for secure
transactions, dramatically improving an e-Commerce site’s
responsiveness, reliability, and QoS. While typical traffic
management devices make decisions based only on information at
Layer 4 in the network stack, the SA8250 is the only XML
appliance that combines Layer 4 through 7 (application/content)
awareness to speed up response times and eliminate error
messages for secure transactions. It keeps e-Commerce sites open
for business, even during back-end transaction problems or content
glitches.
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