Server appliance developer Cobalt Networks
Inc. Friday joined forces with Coyote Point
Systems to offer clients an integrated solution for ISPs deploying load
balanced server clusters.
Offered together are Cobalt’s RaQ Internet server appliances and Coyote
Point’s Equalizer 4.0, an intelligent load balancing appliance. The RaQ
offers turn-key virtual hosting in a rack-mountable enclosure designed for
high density installation.
Equalizer intelligently routes traffic among multiple server clusters,
ensuring high availability and access to mission-critical Internet
applications. Equalizer balances HTTP, e-mail, news and FTP traffic and
supports “sticky connections” required to handle Active Server Pages and
SSL. Active Content Verification ensures that not only server hardware but
target applications are fully operational.
“Clustered RaQs managed by Equalizer provide system administrators with
previously-unimagined levels of scalability, availability and
manageability,” said Tom Wolf, chief technology officer of Coyote Point
Systems, which is a leading provider of server management devices.
“As online traffic continues to explode, companies seeking tremendous bang
for their hardware buck should love the RaQ-Equalizer combo.”
Starting at $1,299, each RaQ can handle millions of Web page requests per
day at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional Unix or Windows
NT Web servers. Priced at $3,995, the entry level Equalizer 250 can balance
up to 64 clusters of eight servers each, supporting 64,000 simultaneous
connections at T1 rates.
The solution was just the icing on the cake for Cobalt (COBT), which went public Friday. At midday, the stock had
skyrocketed 106-5/8 to 128-5/8. The company Thursday sold 5 million shares at $22 each.