Product Overview

CloudStorm is a 2.4 terabit application and security test solution that not only meets today’s need, but that of the future. CloudStorm delivers 3X-application and 4X-SSL-emulation scale over any other test system. It helps NEMs shortening their development cycles, and enterprises and data center operators find the right balance between mitigating security risks and delivering high end-user application performance.

Each CloudStorm load module supports two native QSFP28 100GE interfaces with an innovative architecture that allows concurrent emulation of complex applications, unprecedented SSL encrypted applications, and a large volume of DDoS traffic to validate your network infrastructure is high performing and secure. CloudStorm is the solution to break the SSL and DDoS test barriers, achieving over 960Gbps of traffic with strong encryption and ciphers or 2.4 terabit DDoS throughput in a single chassis. CloudStorm is driven by our BreakingPoint* and IxLoad applications test solutions for application delivery and security resiliency testing.

Key Features

Product capabilities

CloudStorm provides cloud-grade L4-7 application performance with fully integrated L2/3 stateless traffic support, for exercising the systems under test in real world conditions, helping the customers to easily identify the performance and interoperability issues. The modular architecture of the solution allows linear performance scaling to multi terabit, by populating an Ixia’s XGS12-HSL chassis with multiple CloudStorm load modules — up to 12. 

CloudStorm breaks the SSL and IPsec speed test barriers, with its capability to benchmark 960Gbps of encrypted traffic from a single fully populated XGS12 chassis. Powered by encryption hardware offload, CloudStorm enables data center operators to find the right balance between security and end-user quality of experience as traffic is moving toward total encryption, with HTTP/2, 2/4k keys and ECC ciphers are adopted.

The proliferation of IoT poses new security risks, as highjacked IoT devices can easily be used to generate ground-breaking DDoS attacks. Also, network infrastructures need to be able to support billions of concurrent connections to service these IoT devices. CloudStorm allows future-proof validation of cloud data center infrastructure and DDoS mitigation devices by simulating IoT device behavior under a deluge of legitimate IoT and botnet traffic. With the capacity to generate 1.4 billion concurrent sessions and 2.4 Terabits of DDoS traffic from a fully populated chassis, CloudStorm allows organizations to assess their mitigation solutions, as well as people and process. 

CloudStorm, BreakingPoint Performance

CloudStorm, IxLoad performance

CloudStorm is an essential solution for the following tasks:
•  Evaluating network devices to select the right equipment tailored to your unique network requirements.
•  Designing data centers and virtualized infrastructures to meet peak performance and capacity demands.
•  Conducting cybersecurity investigations and simulations on the move, staying ahead of the latest threats.
•  Deploying global, compact network ranges to enhance critical communication infrastructure.
•  Training and certifying cyber professionals to anticipate and prevent attacks.
•  Reducing test times to minimize costs and accelerate the development of networks and data center equipment.