TIXway WAN File Transfer Acceleration
Fast file transfer is the key enabler for distributed workflows and cloud services. Common File Transfer Protocol (FTP) works well in local environments but its speed heavily degrades on today's multi-gigabit Wide Area Networks (WANs).
TIXway boosts FTP based workflows with minimum user impact: no extra software, no extra devices, no change in workflows.
TIXway provides significant transfer acceleration by replacing FTP on the critical long haul path and using TIXEL's patented Reliable WAN Transfer Protocol (RWTP) instead. This guaranties 100% error-free data transfers at fastest speeds on standard Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Packet loss, jitter, and high latencies are efficiently compensated by RWTP.
Transferring 100 Gigabytes from Los Angeles to London may take 47.2 hours using plain FTP on a 1 Gigabit link. Or 14 minutes using TIXway.
TIXway can perfectly be combined with TIXstream enabled environments in order to support a broader range of workflow setups and applications.
TIXway can be deployed as an in-house solution for world wide operating organizations as well as a multi-tenant provider service for several customers.
TIXway Overview
TIXway is focused on transparent acceleration of existing FTP-based workflows with ultimate ease of integration.
TIXway Features
- Up to 125 Megabytes/s (1 Gigabit/s) on 1 GE
- Significantly accelerates FTP based workflows by locally terminating FTP connections and running RWTP on the critical long haul path
- Minimum user impact — unmodified workflows, minimum integration and deployment effort
- No extra software on FTP client and server machines
- Compatible with most FTP clients and servers
- One TIXway node serves multiple FTP clients/servers
- Multiple parallel FTP sessions at each TIXway
- TIXway nodes are located in close proximity to the FTP nodes – in-house, on-set, or at the provider's POP
TIXway nodes serve multiple FTP clients and servers.