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The unique High-Availability and Load Optimization (HALO™) capabilities in SteelGate deliver integrated fault tolerance and load balancing that maximizes the firewall investment. HALO monitors the firewall availability and will automatically failover in the event of a malfunction to protect against a single system failure. The Load Optimization capability of HALO distributes traffic between multiple firewall units by re-directing traffic from a primary unit to secondary units, providing complete load balancing without the need to deploy a third-party load balancer. In addition, SteelGate manages and monitors multiple systems simultaneously by propagating settings to all systems to maintain consistency.
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- Maximize firewall investment with integrated fault tolerance and load balancing
- Load balancing without a 3rd party load balancer
- Monitor firewall availability and automatically failover
- Distribute traffic between multiple firewall units by re-directing traffic from primary unit to secondary unit
- Manage and monitor multiple systems simultaneously by propagating settings to all systems for consistency
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HALO is designed to provide high availability in various failure scenarios such as:
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- Failure of one of the systems in a cluster
- System restarts
- Network interface issues causing intermittent connectivity
- Loss of connection due to a remote router or host failure
A firewall is a critical component in a company's network infrastructure. A failure will disrupt all Internet communications including email and web access. This disruption can be costly and many companies rely on web, email and other services for their day to day business. HALO ensures that firewall services keep running in the event of a failure, protecting these business critical services.
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