Dec 14, 2017   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

6WIND Announces TCP Boost to Resolve Linux Bottlenecks in TCP-Based Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and PARIS, Dec. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 6WIND, a high-performance networking software company, today announced TCP Boost, a high performance Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) stack for proxy and server deployments. TCP is a client/server protocol used to communicate between applications over an IP network. However, the performance of TCP-based applications is limited by common bottlenecks in the Linux kernel. To overcome these limitations, 6WIND offers TCP Boost as a solution, based on its 6WINDGate(TM) packet processing software, which is widely deployed as the industry's highest performance TCP userland stack since 2010.

6WIND's TCP Boost leverages DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) in a fast path user space model to eliminate Linux performance bottlenecks. TCP Boost helps build high performance TCP-based applications for both bare metal and virtual machine (VM) deployments. TCP Boost integrates with 6WINDGate's comprehensive Layer 2-3 protocol stacks, which are deployed in Tier 1 networks worldwide to help OEMs build networking products with a competitive advantage.

Customer success using 6WIND TCP Boost includes the following solutions:

    --  SSL Inspection: to increase cyber threat protection for high speed
        networks, TCP Boost is used as a proxy to offload TCP traffic from the
        Linux kernel.
    --  Test and Measurement: to test the Quality of Experience (QoE) for
        high-speed networks, TCP Boost is used as the TCP stack in a server upon
        which applications such as Traffic Generators are built.

TCP Boost Performance Tested on an IXIA XT80v2:

    --  Number of concurrent sessions: 8 million
    --  Connection establishment rate: 1.4 million connections per second
    --  Throughput: 12 Gbps per core

"Since 2010, customers selected 6WIND to help resolve common Linux bottlenecks in TCP-based applications that cripple performance," said Eric Carmès, Founder and CEO of 6WIND. "Our TCP Boost gives customers a solution to increase performance while reducing time-to-market for high speed TCP-based networking applications, whether bare metal or virtual."

For more information on 6WIND TCP Boost visit: http://www.6wind.com/products/solutions/tcp/

About 6WIND
6WIND's networking software solves performance and time-to-market challenges for OEMs and Network Builders. The company's packet processing software and software appliances are optimized for cost-effective hardware, such as Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) servers, with a choice of multicore processors to deliver a wide variety of networking and security protocols and features. 6WIND is based near Paris, France with regional offices in China, South Korea and the United States. For more information visit: http://www.6wind.com

Company Contact:
Kelly LeBlanc
VP of Marketing for 6WIND
Phone: +1 (408) 508-6732
kelly.leblanc@6wind.com

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