KEMP Technologies LoadMaster
Model Comparison

The LoadMaster and SSL-Master family of advanced server load balancing and SSL Acceleration appliances incorporate the latest advancements in Layer 7 content switching and SSL Acceleration Offload technology. The LoadMaster Load Balancer intelligently and efficiently distributes Web traffic among Web servers so that your site's users get the best experience possible. The LoadMaster server load balancer is the value leader in advanced Internet Traffic Management.

This table compares the KEMP Technologies LoadMaster Load Balancer models, and provides some basic information on their individual details.

Model Number	LM-2200	LM-2500	LM-3500	LM-5500	VLM-100	VLM-1000
Performance
Max Balancer Throughput	950Mbps	1.5 Gbps	2.7 Gbps	6 Gbps	100Mbps	Unrestricted 1
Network ports	4 X GbE	4 X GbE	8 X GbE	18 X GbE (10GbE available)	Virtual	Virtual
SSL Transactions Per/Second (TPS)	200	1,000 2	3,000 2	10,000 2	100	249 1
Layer 7 throughput	920Mbps	1.2 Gbps	2.3 Gbps	5 Gbps	100Mbps	Unrestricted 1
HTTP requests per second	25,000	60,000	83,000	100,000	31,883 1	31,883 1
Layer 4 concurrent connections	1,000,000	2,000,000	4,000,000	30,000,000	2,000,000 1	2,000,000 1
Core Features
Max # of real servers / virtual servers	1000/256	1000/500	1000/1000	1000/1000	1000/500	1000/500
99.999% HA with Active/Hot Standby
Layer 4 load balancing
Server resource / adaptive
SSL acceleration
Layer 7 content switching
Server health checking
Application health checking
L7 Support for MS Terminal Services
Support for MS Exchange
Web User Interface (WUI)
Bonding/Teaming Ports (802.3ad/LACP)
VLAN Trunking (802.1Q)
Application Delivery Optimization (ADC) Features
Advanced, App-Transparent Caching
Optimized compression for static content
Inline compression for dynamic content
L7 Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) SNORT Rule compatible
Hardware Platform
1U Rack-Mountable					n/a	n/a
2U Rack-Mountable					n/a	n/a
Redundant Hot-Swap Power Supplies					n/a	n/a
All Solid-State, no disk drives					n/a	n/a
FCC, CE, UL, RoHS Compliant					n/a	n/a
Free LoadMaster Demo	Demo	Demo	Demo	Demo	Demo	Demo

* First year Gold Support includes 5 X 10 telephone support, limited e-mail support, software updates and hardware replacement. Installation and configuration assistance services are offered to LoadMaster customers without charge and are provided remotely via the telephone and/or email and/or remote-access software.

¹ VLM Performance as tested on: Dell PowerEdge R410 Server, 1X Intel E5520 Xeon Processor, 2GB Allocated RAM, Intel PRO 1000PT Dual Port 1GbE NIC, PCIe-4, VMware ESXi v4.0. Actual performance will depend on allocated ressources to Virtual Machine.

² Integrated SSL ASIC

All specifications are subject to change without prior notice