by Joe Gleinser
7. October 2009 17:18
We've long been fans of Sonicwall firewalls at GCS. Advanced features, easy web-based configuration, low failure rates and low cost make it a very compelling option for many clients. With the rollout of the new product lines Sonicwall offers the Enhanced Firmware features (most notably WAN Failover and Load Balancing) as a standard item on every product. My small office clients can now get WAN failover in a device for less than $400. This is a real cloud enabler. For a few grand you get WAN failover plus a High Availability configuration on your firewalls.
Today Avaya released a KB article describing how to configure Sonicwalls to prioritize voice traffic between sites. With the rise in popularity of MPLS and managed routers, we are seeing far more Ethernet handoffs than T1 handoffs these days. The Sonicwall NSA 240 is a great device to terminate that MPLS circuit and appropriately manage the traffic.