F5 BIG-IP 2000 IP Application Switch

F5 BIG-IP 2000 IP Application Switch ... traffic. It combines the speed and performance of hardware with the intelligence and flexibility of software - making it the ideal product to support the IP foundation of the Internet infrastructure, as well as the web services and applications beings deployed on top of the IP framework. The product can apply advanced business rules to ensure QoS, is flexible enough to support nearly any type of IP traffic, has port density for scalability and economy, and can secure all traffic. The benefit is a highly scalable and adaptive solution that can evolve with the demands placed on enterprise and server provider networks, resulting in considerable time and cost savings while enabling new revenue opportunities for service providers.

The BIG-IP 2000 is a cost-effective solution, offering the processing power and TPS (transactions per second) capacity to easily serve many customers' needs. An enterprise will choose to deploy the 2000 primarily at the business unit level, where its processing power, SSL capacity, and port density are extremely cost-effective.