Data Center Network
Modern data centers are the backbone of digital business. They host mission-critical applications, store sensitive data, and enable global connectivity for enterprises and service providers alike. To safeguard these environments and guarantee uninterrupted services, key components such as load balancers, content switches, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and firewalls must deliver consistent performance, robust security, and seamless scalability. Any weakness in these systems can quickly escalate into business disruption with severe financial and reputational consequences.
EANTC provides independent validation of application-layer devices and infrastructures, focusing on service-oriented performance, reliability, and security. Our testing portfolio extends from individual L4–L7 components to complete service architectures, ensuring that modern data center networks are capable of meeting today’s stringent requirements for resilience and quality of service.
We combine standardized methodologies with tailor-made test designs to evaluate the most critical aspects of data center application infrastructure:
Performance and Scale
Assessment of load balancers, web and content caches, SSL/SSH accelerators, and media services. Tests include responsiveness, availability, and throughput across protocols such as HTTP, FTP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, and Telnet.
Security Validation
Evaluation of firewalls, IPS devices, spam and virus filters, proxy servers, session border controllers, and content inspection solutions. Our tests verify protection against intrusions, malware, and denial-of-service attacks while ensuring minimal performance degradation.
Reliability and Resiliency
Verification of session capacity, session setup rates, and bandwidth handling under stress. We simulate real-world conditions, including failover and recovery scenarios, to confirm that your infrastructure maintains uninterrupted services during peak demand or unexpected failures.
Network, Application Integration
Comprehensive testing of interoperability and scalability in multi-vendor, multi-service environments. This ensures smooth deployment of services such as VoIP, video streaming, and deep packet inspection in enterprise and carrier-grade networks.
Benefits for Vendors
Equipment vendors gain a competitive advantage by proving that their solutions can deliver outstanding performance under independent scrutiny. EANTC’s test reports provide transparent, credible evidence of quality that supports marketing claims and increases customer confidence.
Benefits for Operators
Service providers and enterprises benefit from informed decision-making when selecting and deploying data center solutions. Our evaluations confirm that chosen products meet specific requirements and reduce the risk of unforeseen failures in production environments.
Our expertise in both performance and security testing enables us to design realistic scenarios that reflect today’s application demands, from triple-play services and VoIP middleware to content delivery networks and advanced security infrastructures.
EANTC’s data center network testing empowers organizations to build infrastructures that are fast, scalable, secure, and resilient. By validating performance, security, and interoperability, we help vendors and operators ensure their solutions are ready to support today’s business-critical applications and tomorrow’s innovations.