Large South Dakota School District Maintains Critical Online Services with Barracuda Link Balancer
公司规模
1,000+
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Barracuda Link Balancer
- Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall
- Barracuda Web Filter
技术栈
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Firewall
- Bandwidth Management
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 网络安全和隐私 - 网络安全
- 网络与连接 - 网络管理和分析软件
- 网络与连接 - 路由器和网桥
适用行业
- 教育
适用功能
- 商业运营
- 设施管理
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Todd County School District, located in South Dakota, comprises 11 schools serving 2,124 students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. The district operates six different office locations with approximately 550 staff members. It maintains essential online services such as email, websites, video conferencing, technology blogs, and an online help desk. Additionally, the district provides an online portal for parents to check their child's school attendance, grades, class assignments, and more. The district's reliance on web-based applications for various administrative and educational purposes necessitates a robust and reliable internet connection.
挑战
Todd County School District was experiencing significant web access issues due to bandwidth limitations on its single 10 Mbps T1 connection. The district relies heavily on web-based applications for managing student information, administrative and testing services, and delivering curriculum. The bandwidth limitations were causing slowdowns and timeouts, particularly affecting high bandwidth applications like streaming media and video conferencing. The district needed a solution to improve web access and ensure reliable connectivity for its critical online services.
解决方案
To address the bandwidth limitations and improve web access, Todd County School District deployed the Barracuda Link Balancer 430. This device aggregates multiple internet connection links, providing automated failover and bandwidth management. The Barracuda Link Balancer combines the bandwidth of multiple high-speed connections and ensures reliable connectivity by automatically detecting and managing internet link failures and restorations. The device's easy-to-use web interface allows administrators to define, manage, and control bandwidth settings from a central location. The deployment of the Barracuda Link Balancer enabled the district to balance traffic across two T1 connections, guaranteeing bandwidth for audio and video services, email, and blogs. Additionally, the district set up Network Address Translation (NAT) and port-forwarding rules on the Barracuda Link Balancer's built-in firewall to secure its internal servers.
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