ADC Barracuda Load Balancer Features

Secure Application Delivery & Load Balancing

Application Delivery
SSL Offloading
SSL transactions are resource intensive and can slow down application performance. Offloading
the SSL transactions to Barracuda Load Balancer ADCs frees up application server resources to
focus on delivering rich applications to end users and ensure application scalability. Barracuda
Load Balancer ADCs support offloading standard 1024-bit SSL keys, as well as the more secure
and more process-intensive 2048-bit SSL keys.

L4/L7 Load Balancing

The Load Balancer ADC can be deployed as a physical appliance or virtual appliance and can
intelligently load balance hardware or virtual servers running any number of Layer 7 and Layer
4 protocols. These include HTTP/S, SMTP, IMAP, FTP/S, DNS, XML, TCP, and UDP, as well as a
number of other common protocols. Additionally, it supports both IPv6 and IPv4 load balancing
and can operate in full IPv6 or IPv4 networks, as well as mixed environments where an address
translation is needed to bridge the IPv6 and IPv4 networks.

Intelligent Application Monitors

Intelligent traffic monitoring capabilities enable the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC to distribute
traffic efficiently while ensuring high application availability. It monitors server health to
determine that application servers are not only reachable, but alive. If the Barracuda Load
Balancer ADC detects issues, it automatically removes downed servers from the server pool and
rebalances traffic among the remaining servers. It has the ability to group servers in the
application groups so that if a server in a group fails, it can automatically failover all traffic to the
remaining application groups.

Global Server Load Balancing

For scalability and high availability across data centers, Barracuda Load Balancer ADCs can be
deployed to balance traffic among different sites in different geographic regions. Organizations
can route traffic using a variety of methods such as primary disaster recovery (DR) or closest
geographical data center.

HTTP Caching
The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC improves the user’s experience by improving server response
time. Caching web content saves network bandwidth and reduces loads on backend web servers.
Data Compression
To maximize outbound bandwidth, the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC can automatically compress
content to minimize network traffic between application servers and the end user. Best of all, this
capability is compatible with most modern browsers, requiring no additional software.

Content Routing
The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC has full traffic control and can route requests to servers based
on region, device, browser, or a number of other factors. This enables organizations to deliver
customized application responses to users.

Microsoft Certified for Exchange and Lync

Barracuda provides a complete application delivery solution for Microsoft Exchange & Lync.
Barracuda Load Balancer ADCs have been certified by Microsoft as a preferred Hardware Load
Balancing solution since 2010. Our highly trained technical support engineers have worked with
countless Barracuda customers and partners to design and implement robust solutions for scaling
their Exchange and Lync applications.

Pre-Built Templates for Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and more

Thousands of organizations from numerous verticals deploy Barracuda to ensure high
availability, performance, and security of their critical Microsoft applications. There a number of
certified deployments and solution guides for all commonly deployed models and versions of
Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Terminal Services, IIS, Threat Management Gateway (TMG) and other
popular Microsoft applications. You can find all of our technical guides and solutions at
our Barracuda Campus.

VDI
Many organizations are using desktop virtualization (VDI) to securely delivery Windows and
other desktop applications. Desktop infrastructure is a mission critical application that needs to
scale as the organization grows. It is also important this infrastructure be resilient in the face of
operational and natural disasters. The key to scalability and reliability is to load balance critical
pieces of the VDI infrastructure.

Application Security
Authentication and Authorization
The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC fully integrates Active Directory or any other RADIUS or LDAP-
compatible authentication services. Combined with the strong access control capabilities,
administrators can provide granular control over user/group access to resources. This ensures
that only authorized users will be able to reach applications, guaranteeing that non-authenticated
traffic never crosses the DMZ.
Application Attack and DDoS Protection
The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC provides industry-leading security to help organizations
secure critical applications. It protects against OWASP Top 10 attacks such as SQL Injection,
Cross-site Scripting (XSS), and Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF). Additionally, Barracuda Load
Balancer ADCs have the ability to granularly control the number of requests to protect against
rate-based attacks like Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS).
Administrators have the ability to intelligently fingerprint and throttle or drop traffic based on IP
or client.

Data Loss Prevention

The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC also offers outbound content inspection for Data Loss
Prevention (DLP). It prevents data leakage by either masking or blocking responses containing
sensitive information such as credit card numbers or any other custom data patterns.

Automatic Security Updates

The security capabilities of the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC are augmented by an extensive
network of more than 150,000 sensors deployed worldwide that feed into Barracuda Labs. The
sensors provide valuable data for the security research team to build new security definitions and
automatically update units in the field. The ability to apply new definitions and “virtually patch”
ensure the highest security posture for critical applications.

Public Cloud Deployments

Cloud Edition for Amazon Web Services
Barracuda Load Balancer ADC provides full-featured application delivery along with unparalleled
performance, plus greater control for applications hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The
Barracuda Load Balancer ADC integrates with CloudFormation Templates to support fully
automated deployments with bootstrapping and High Availability (HA). To find out more about
the Barracuda ADC Load balancer on Amazon Web Services, visit our AWS Marketplace
page or visit Barracuda Campus.