Deployment Options
| Packaged | Pre-built and shipped on a Dell platform. Customer chooses size of unit to match their requirements. Customer can mix and match hardware as appropriate to suit required performance. |
|---|---|
| Virtualised | Customer can choose to deploy on Vmware. Functionality remains the same as a physical gateway. Performance will vary based on deployment platform. |
| 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. |
Dell hardware
| Chassis | Size | Processor | Disks | Memory | Raid | Power supply | User count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R200 | 1U | 1x Xeon E5400 | 160Gb SATA | 2Gb | No | 1 | <200 |
| R200 | 1U | 1x Quad Core X3330 | 160Gb SATA | 2Gb | No | 1 | 200-500 |
| PE1950 | 1U | 2x Quad core E5520 | 3x 146Gb SAS | 4Gb | Yes, RAID 5 | 2 | 500+ |
Clearswift SECURE Web Gateway
| 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 76 category URL filter from the world's leading URL filtering vendor |
| Kaspersky anti-virus | Award-winning anti-virus and malware engine consistently independently verified as one of the leading solutions |
| Anti-spyware | Based on Sunbelt Software’s award winning CounterSpy anti-spyware solution |
| Cache | 10GB self managing cache for bandwidth optimisation |