As per a recent update, Australia's application service provider (ASP), the Stargate Group has taken its first step toward applying software-defined networking (SDN) to its operations with the deployment of Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Ethernet/MPLS routers. This deployment will enable Stargate to boost service resiliency, delivery capacity and overall network performance by 40 per cent while reducing operational costs.
The Brocade networking solution includes multiple routers deployed at Stargate's two data center sites and headquarters. The sites are linked over a Gigabit Ethernet mesh and also connected to two different ISPs, giving Stargate Internet route redundancy. Stargate is running Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) across its router mesh to increase network resiliency, load-balance its data centers and also mirror transactions between the sites.
Greig Guy, Brocade Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, stated, "As an application service provider, it is obviously critical to Stargate that its online services are available at all times. Our partner, Mycom, designed a very elegant solution that simplifies the Stargate routing infrastructure while increasing network resiliency to make it virtually failsafe. We are also now engaging with Stargate on how to move ahead with SDN, which will bring major data center operational benefits."
As a next stage, Stargate is currently evaluating the Brocade Virtual ADX Application Delivery Platform, which enables an on-demand service delivery model and extends application delivery service as an "elastic" network component.
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