Array APV vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing

Array APV is an application delivery controller series for managing application availability, scalability, performance, security, and traffic. It balances server traffic across Layers 2, 3, 4, and 7, with health checks, persistence, clustering, and failover. Administrators can configure Layer 7 policies in the WebUI or CLI and combine them for customized traffic management. APV includes SSL/TLS acceleration and offloading, connection multiplexing, caching, and compression, along with certificate and key management. The x850 datasheet describes WebWall web application security and DDoS protection. Listed integrations include OpenStack Load Balancing-as-a-Service, VMware Cloud Orchestrator, and Microsoft System Center standards. Deployment options include physical or virtual appliances, hyper-converged infrastructure, and cloud platforms; vAPV documentation names VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix XenServer, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Management options include secure CLI, WebUI, SSH remote management, role-based administration, and real-time monitoring. Array identifies banking, healthcare, manufacturing, government, education, and service providers among the sectors it serves. Pricing is on request.

AWS Elastic Load Balancing distributes incoming application traffic across targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability Zones. It offers Application, Network, Gateway, and Classic Load Balancers, scales request handling with traffic, and runs configurable health checks on targets. Application Load Balancers support HTTP header-based routing, redirects, fixed responses, HTTP/2, and gRPC. Network Load Balancers support static Elastic IP addresses and AWS PrivateLink for TCP and TLS listeners. The service also supports SSL/TLS termination, certificate management, and client certificate authentication. CloudWatch metrics and logging are available for all four types. A single load balancer can distribute traffic across AWS and on-premises resources. Kubernetes support includes direct-to-pod routing for Application Load Balancers and private EKS clusters for Application and Network Load Balancers. AWS recommends different types for HTTP, transport protocols, third-party virtual appliances, and EC2-Classic applications. Usage charges vary by region; data transfer and public IPv4 address charges may be additional. New AWS customers receive a free tier for six months after account creation, with usage limits and up to $200 in credits.