February 05, 2007
TRAPEZE NETWORKS OUTPERFORMS ARUBA AND MERU NETWORKS IN WLAN SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE TESTS
Trapeze Smart Mobile Demonstrates Superior Performance in the Enterprise Utilizing VeriWave’s Comprehensive Testing Platform PLEASANTON, Calif., February 5, 2007 – Trapeze Networks™ today announced that it has set the new industry standard for scalability and performance, and has surpassed previously reported Aruba and Meru Networks benchmark numbers for WLAN throughput and latency. Trapeze set performance records in both tests, outperforming results reported by Network World’s Clear Choice Lab Review, November 2006. This data validates the Trapeze Smart Mobile™ intelligent switching architecture as being uniquely suited to support massively scalable enterprise deployments.
Certified Results
The Network World battery of tests were rerun at VeriWave’s San Jose facility using the same VeriWave test bed and processes. This time, Trapeze Smart Mobile wireless LAN products were compared against Aruba and Meru. Trapeze Smart Mobile wireless LAN outperformed the competition and continued to increase its performance advantage as the test requirements increased to replicate larger scale deployments supporting hundreds of clients.
VeriWave’s unique lab environment is specifically equipped to stress-test real-world complex enterprise class WLAN scenarios and simulate large-scale Trapeze and other WLAN vendor’s deployments. The platform is the first ever Wi-Fi test bed that allows organizations to test controllers and/or switches using real access points (APs) loaded by thousands of clients. This in turn, can expose performance issues that cannot be determined in small-scale tests. Using VeriWave benchmarks, customers can then detect and correct system flaws during development and prior to deployment.
Unmatched Throughput
VeriWave’s multi AP throughput test determined that the Smart Mobile architecture provided the highest forwarding performance (throughput) without any loss of information when compared to Aruba and Meru. In the 25 AP test, designed to simulate 500 clients, Trapeze provided the highest performance and scalability, while Aruba’s performance waned and Meru was unable to complete the test. This type of scalability is essential in real-world deployments as networks continue to grow and require more performance to support emerging bandwidth intensive applications.
Throughput Results
Low Latency for Voice Applications
VeriWave’s latency and jitter test determined that Smart Mobile provided the best performance when compared to Aruba and Meru. This test measures the time or latency to send information from sender to receiver or handset to handset. In this 25 AP test, Trapeze demonstrated the lowest latency or delays in performance. Aruba and Meru’s performance suffered from excessive delays caused by their rigid centralized architectures.
“These recent benchmark results highlight Trapeze Network’s unmatched ability to meet the demands of true enterprise-class infrastructures and next-generation applications,” said Dan Simone, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. “Because of VeriWave, customers have reliable testing platforms that allow them to analyze actual WLAN solutions before they deploy, to ensure it will meet their needs today and in the future.”
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About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks delivers Smart Mobile™ — a ground-breaking approach to wireless networking, enabling organizations to deploy massively scalable mobile applications that leverage their existing infrastructure. Smart Mobile achieves this breakthrough by introducing intelligent switching, the first and only WLAN architecture that optimizes network traffic based on the underlying application. With Smart Mobile intelligent switching, organizations can support the most demanding next generation wireless applications such as toll-quality voice over WLAN for thousands of users, seamless indoor/outdoor mobility, and high-speed networks based on 802.11n — all without requiring expensive equipment upgrades. Trapeze Networks is well-capitalized, with strategic investments from networking industry leaders including Juniper Networks, Motorola, and Nortel Networks. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with operations in Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.
