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Technical specification

Deployment Options

Soft Customer can choose to deploy on server hardware of their choice.  Support for a wide range of models from Dell, IBM, HP, Fujitsu and Hitachi.  Performance will vary based on deployment platform.
Virtualised Customer can choose to deploy on Vmware. Functionality remains the same as a physical gateway.  Performance will vary based on deployment platform.
Packaged Pre-built. Customer chooses size of unit to match their requirements.  Customer can mix and match hardware as appropriate to suit required performance.

Packaged Hardware Options

Chassis Size Processor Disks Memory Raid Power Supply SSD User count
W200 1U G6950 500GB SATA 4GB No 1 Yes <200
W500 1U X3440 500GB SATA 4GB No  1 Yes 200-500
W2000 1U 2 x Xeon 5620

3x 146GB 15K

RPM

6GB RAID 5 2 Yes 500+

*All models feature a separate Solid State Disk which is dedicated for the Proxy Cache feature.

Models
Own Hardware or Virtualised deployment Installed on customers’ own hardware (IBM, HP and others), or as a virtual gateway in VMware ESX / ESXi
Scalability
All Models Up to nine web appliances linked into one common ‘peer’ group
N+1 resilience and scalability By peering an additional support gateway 
Deployment
Getting Started Guide 7-Step deployment guide, typical deployment in less than 45 minutes
Evaluation Guide Step by step guide for evaluation of key Clearswift Web Appliance features
Key components
Operating system (OS) Penetration tested, hardened Clearswift Linux
User interface (UI) Web-based UI offering intuitive  roles-based management
MIMEsweeper™ Clearswift’s content aware filtering and policy management, reporting, logging and auditing engine with full lexical scanning and lexical expression building
URL filter Comprehensive 84 category URL filter from the world's leading URL filtering vendor
Kaspersky anti-virus Award-winning anti-virus, anti-malware and anti-spyware engine consistently independently verified as one of the leading solutions
Anti-spyware Removes tracking cookies and also detects requests that clickfraud and adware components use when "phoning home" which could signal that a device is infected with spyware or adware
Cache 10GB self managing cache for bandwidth optimisation