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StoneBeat® FullCluster™ for VPN-1/FireWall-1 StoneBeat FullCluster

Product Version Certified: FullCluster 3.0,
Solaris 2.8 and 2.9,
Certified for use with: Check Point Next Generation
with Application Intelligence R55

Product Version Certified: FullCluster 3.0, Solaris 2.8, Windows 2000 and Linux.
Certified for use with: Check Point Next Generation FP2, FP3 and Application Intelligence R54 & R55

Product Version Certified: FullCluster 3.0 for Windows 2000, Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 (32 and 64 bit)
Certified for use with: Check Point Next Generation FP1, Cluster XL Supplement (required for Solaris)

Product Version Certified: FullCluster 2.0 SP5HF2 for AIX
Certified for use with: Check Point 2000

Product Description: The scalable High Availability and Load Balancing solution for VPN-1/FireWall-1. StoneBeat FullCluster is a scalable high availability software solution that enables the building of continuously available firewall systems by using Check Point Software Technologies industry leading firewall software and standard hardware and operating systems.

StoneBeat FullCluster for VPN-1/FireWall-1 interconnects multiple VPN-1/FireWall-1 nodes, creating a scalable cluster that is visible to the network as a single network object and delivers unrivalled performance and flexibility.
     
Key Features and Benefits
OPSEC Integration		   Stonesoft
 
The Company: Stonesoft is an international Finnish software company focusing on Network Security and Information Management products and solutions.
 
Key Features and Benefits
StoneBeat FullCluster for VPN-1/FireWall-1 is a fully scalable high availability solution based on Stonesoft’s universal StoneBeat cluster-technology. Thanks to the cutting edge technology of StoneBeat, FullCluster for VPN-1/FireWall-1 is the enterprise solution for high availability, addressing the two most critical success factors – reliability and safe investment. First, FullCluster for FireWall-1 is the reliable solution through it’s battlefield proven high availability solution from the most experienced company in the business. Second, StoneBeat cluster-technology is the safe high availability investment for
enterprises. It is the solution that ensures continuity and scalability beyond the firewalls to cover your entire network reliability strategy. It is a solution backed up by the company that takes the high availability needs of your most complex network as their core business, so that you don’t have to.

With StoneBeat FullCluster for VPN-1/FireWall-1 your firewall:

Is always on-line

  • Enables hardware and software redundancy – eliminates the single points of failure.
  • Sophisticated test routines and fully transparent switch over – increases the system fault tolerance
  • Full on-line maintenance support – eliminates maintenance outages and enables a safe way for software upgrades

Will meet the market’s performance requirement

  • Dynamic load balancing – network traffic balanced evenly between the nodes to maximize throughput
  • Quick recovery after a failure – with automatic switch over
  • On-line Scalability – increase performance while system on-line to meet the demand

Is an Enterprise Solution

  • Based on StoneBeat cluster-technology – proven, industry-leading solution
  • Supports multiple platforms and has the SNMP support for NMSs – true enterprise-wide solution

Is a secure investment

  • Hardware vendor independent – makes your existing system expandable
  • Scalability protects your investment – no need to upgrade or replace the existing network nodes

Is a solution to make your life easier

  • Single gateway identity and full transparency – keep it simple, no need for routers reconfiguration
  • Software-only solution – no master device, no shared hardware, no additional routing protocol required
  • StoneBeat Manager – Java based, common graphical user interface for intuitive, easy-to-use, monitoring and control of all StoneBeat applications in your network
 
OPSEC Integration
StoneBeat FullCluster utilizes Check Point's state table synchronization feature to transparently fail-over VPN-1/FireWall-1 connections. It also uses Check Point's Event Logging API to log node failure and recovery events to Check Point log files.

StoneBeat FullCluster is OPSEC certified for operation with up to three synchronized load balanced gateways.