Jupiter Hosting Enhances Network Infrastructure with Foundry Networks

Jupiter Hosting announced the installation of new core-to-edge network infrastructure made up of switching and routing solutions from Foundry Networks

June 6, 2007 - (TopHosts News Brief) - Jupiter Hosting announced the installation of a new core-to-edge network infrastructure made up of switching and routing solutions by Foundry Networks(r) Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) – all part of their ambitious, multifaceted expansion plan.

Foundry Networks is a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, including NetIron(r) XMR 4000 and 16000 Series backbone routers, FastIron(r) Workgroup Edge X and FastIron GS edge aggregation switches. Jupiter Hosting plans to incorporate and deploy over 40 new Foundry switches and routers in their rapidly growing network.

Jupiter Hosting needed to engineer an entirely new edge-to-core network infrastructure, because of exponential growth in its high-volume bandwidth services. They also needed to scale efficiently without service interruption, while reducing maintenance costs across the backbone. Another goal of the network redesign was reducing the physical link count in the backbone.

To meet their objectives, Jupiter Hosting aggregated all upstream and peering transit to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) links. The new backbone and border architecture is comprised of Foundry Networks award-winning NetIron XMR 4000 and 16000 backbone routers, which are configured to provide N+1 redundancy while supporting up to 81Gbps of IP transit. The new design will also boast the ability to efficiently scale to accommodate traffic flows of approximately 200 Gbps within the coming years, as expected growth demands further expansion.

“This new network took more than a year to design and plan. From the beginning of the process, the upgrade was a collaborative effort between Jupiter Hosting and Foundry Networks,” Ray Taft, president and CEO of Jupiter Hosting, said in a Prime Newswire release. “Our network now has a complete platform architecture that will scale to accommodate future bandwidth and service expansion.”

For more information visit http://www.jupiterhosting.com.