The document discusses FileCatalyst's solutions for accelerating LAN file transfers using a unique UDP-based approach, which allows for higher transfer speeds and better performance compared to traditional TCP methods. It highlights common issues with TCP, such as flow control limitations and responsiveness to network congestion, and showcases the benefits of FileCatalyst in terms of reliability and security for large data transfers. Additionally, the document includes a demonstration of the FileCatalyst server capabilities and its advantages over existing technologies.

1. Beyond FTP & hard drives: Accelerating LAN file transfers

2. Agenda
 Corporate Overview
 TCP Overview
 File Transfer Issues with TCP
 Acceleration with FileCatalyst
 TCP on LAN vs. FileCatalyst on LAN
 Demo of FileCatalyst Direct
 UDP File Transfer Considerations
 Questions
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3. Corporate Overview
What we do?
• Provide Enterprise Grade Software solutions for moving large data around the world
• Patent pending accelerated file transfers via our unique UDP based approach
• Simplify complicated large file transfers for the enterprise end user.
• Provide all the tools for fast integration into existing enterprise infrastructure
• Provide all the management, security and monitoring tools required to move large data
across corporate networks
• Provide integration solutions with all major cloud vendors, including, Amazon, OpenStack
and Windows Azure
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4. TCP Overview
• Provides reliability, error checking, ordered packets in a
stream
• Congestion control built in
• Internet could not survive without it
• Works well for most internet traffic, email, web browsing
small ad-hoc transfers (HTTP, FTP, SFTP, SMTP etc)
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5. Efficient Transport Protocol
FileCatalyst transfers files at full link speed:
• UDP with proprietary retransmission and congestion control
• Patent pending algorithm built from the ground up in-house
• Transfer rates up to 10 Gbps (with encryption) using commodity hardware
• Not affected by latency and speed degrades, linearly with packet loss
• Ability to fully leverage multi-core CPU architecture
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6. File Transfer Issues with TCP
• Flow control limits transmission window, causes dead air with
high latency
• Very aggressive in response to network congestion, cannot
tune in application layer
• Result is less than ideal performance on wireless, satellite, or
long haul links
• Can be tuned but still not ideal for many-one, one-many
Data Packet
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TCP is a very serial process.
Each packet of data must be received before a
new packet is sent = Decreased transfer speed
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7. Acceleration with FileCatalyst
• Ideal for bulk file transfer
• Predictable - Can send at a perfect rate
• Not affected by latency or packet loss
• Congestion Control implemented in application layer
• Tunable congestion control aggression
• Instantly detect link capacity
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FileCatalyst completely saturates the pipe by
sending multiple blocks of data = Increased
transfer speed

8. Bandwidth Improvement with FileCatalyst
*NA = North America
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Accelerating File Transfers

9. Demo of FileCatalyst
Server and HotFolder

10. UDP File Transfer Considerations
• Plays fair with other traffic on network
• 10 Gbps file transfer, single stream. Found by
independent study to be only solution to maintain 10 Gbps
with high latency and packet loss.
• High performance for many small files
• Security, reliability, automatic resume
• Automation tools, SDK, central management
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11. Our Clients
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12. Questions?