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TMG cannot be replaced by a single product
• Ciscoᵒ Forward Proxyᵒ URL filteringᵒ IPSᵒ Malware scanningᵒ Firewall
• Citrix NetScalerᵒ Reverse Proxyᵒ Loadbalancingᵒ SSL Offloadingᵒ Web traffic compressionᵒ Web traffic caching
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Infrastructure & ServicesMobile Workspace
1010SSL101SSL App
Stor
e
Windows Desktops
Windows & Mobile Apps
Data Sync & Sharing
Collaboration & Support
Networking & Cloud Infrastructure
Apps Data
Collaboration
Personal
Desktops
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Services AnywhereWork Anywhere
1010SSL101SSL
Create | Collaborate | Share Build | Deliver | Scale
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Cloud Infrastructure
Enterprise Datacenter
Performance Offload SecurityAvailability
Citrix NetScaler OverviewMaking Applications Run 5x Better
• World-class load balancing
• Health monitoring
• Caching
• Compression
• Optimization
• TCP Connection Management
• SSL processing
• SSL VPN
• Application firewall
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WEB and HDX Insight NetScaler Insight Center
Internal User Authentication + 2FA(LDAP / RADIUS / SAML)
External User Authentication(SAML)
NetScaler HA Pair
Web front-ends
Citrix Products
Microsoft Products
Other Products
Application
Citrix Products
Microsoft Products
Other Products
Database
MS SQL
Oracle MySQL
Oracle ?
NetScaler Cluster
NetScaler Traffic Domain
CloudBridgeConnector
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• Hardware• Web app delivery• High power SSL• Powers the web
• Virtual appliance• Runs on XenServer,
Hyper-v and ESX• Fast, inexpensive and
flexible
Product Lines: MPX & VPX & SDX
NetScaler
MPX
NetScaler
VPX
• Separate NetScaler Instances
• Direct and dedicated hardware access
• Network Isolation• Up to 80 instances
MPX: Price-Performance VPX: Run Anywhere SDX: Multi-ServiceSDX: Multi-TenantHurksestraat 29-51, EindhovenHurksestraat 29-51, Eindhoven
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TriScaleScale up with
Pay-As-You-Grow
Scale out with TriScale Clustering
Scale in with ADC Consolidation
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50 Gbps
25 Gbps
10 Gbps
1 20 40
Net
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ceNetScaler Platform Evolution
Maximum Tenants per Platform
5 GbpsVPX10Mbps –
3Gbps
MPX/SDX11515-11542
15 – 42Gbps 22.5k – 69.5k SSL TPS
20 Instances
MPX 5550-5650500Mbps – 5Gbps
Pay
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All platforms can be license upgraded
across their supported ranges.
MPX/SDX8005-8015
5 – 15Gbps6.5k – 11k SSL TPS
5 instances
MPX/SDX22040 – 22120
40 – 150Gbps120k – 560k SSL TPS
80 instances
120 Gbps
805
120 Gbps
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Web application delivery solution providing advanced traffic
management and powerful application acceleration
Web application delivery solution designed to deliver mission-critical applications with web application
firewall security, fastest performance, and lowest cost
Comprehensive L4-7 load balancing and optimizes expensive server and network
resources to reduce cost
NetScaler OfferingsPackaged for broad adoption for all users
Standard Edition
EnterpriseEdition
PlatinumEdition
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Virtualization and Multi-Tenancy
• NetScaler VPX is a fully featured NetScaler running on general purpose hypervisor environments
• NetScaler SDX creates instances on a purpose build networking virtualization platform allowing for:ᵒ Independent, fully featured NetScalersᵒ Dedicated or shared resources, allowing for network isolationᵒ Independent versions, management, IP addresses, etc.
• NetScaler supports Traffic Domains on top of VPX, MPX and SDXᵒ Create segmentation within a single NetScaler, sharing the general platform,
manageability and ᵒ Isolation of traffic, allows for overlapping IP address schemesᵒ Limited feature support
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Availability for NetScaler
• HA Pairᵒ Active Passive configuration, simple setup, guaranteed performance on node failureᵒ HA pair on 1 site, or stretched over 2 sites (layer 2 required)
• Clusteringᵒ Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active,
Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active (32 x) nodes in 1 cluster.
ᵒ Cluster nodes must be on same site, selected features availableᵒ Scale Out model, add nodes for availability and performance!
• Global Server Load Balancingᵒ Active active. Supports stand alone sites or within DCᵒ Prevents against logical device, link or datacentre failure
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WEB and HDX Insight NetScaler Insight Center
Internal User Authentication + 2FA(LDAP / RADIUS / SAML)
External User Authentication(SAML)
NetScaler HA Pair
Web front-ends
Citrix Products
Microsoft Products
Other Products
Application
Citrix Products
Microsoft Products
Other Products
Database
MS SQL
Oracle MySQL
Oracle ?
NetScaler Cluster
NetScaler Traffic Domain
CloudBridgeConnector
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Call to action
• Download TMG whitepaperᵒ https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-solutions/netscale
r-a-comprehensive-replacement-for-microsoft-forefront-threat-management-gateway.pdf
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