Sensory Networks Announces HyperScan Performance Results

Sensory Networks, a provider of pattern matching and acceleration software technology, today announced the latest performance results for its HyperScan engine.

 

According to Sensory Networks, the continued innovation and improvements in the HyperScan engine has resulted in pattern matching/content inspection throughput performance to scale to 73Gbps running on a dual-socket, quad-core (8-core) Intel Xeon 5500 Processor (News - Alert) Series platform.

 

Sensory Networks provides software pattern matching and acceleration software solutions that help networking and security equipment vendors improve the packet-processing intelligence and price/performance of their platforms.

 

Geoff Langdale, CTO for Sensory Networks, said the company has been developing innovative algorithms for pattern matching and content scanning for several years.

 

The company also has extensive experience in working with a variety of signature databases. In addition, Sensory Networks continues to improve HyperScan with breakthroughs in throughput performance and latency, while reducing overheads like memory usage and signature compilation time.

 

Sensory Networks has established the impact of HyperScan software by benchmarking HTTP traffic performance on an off-the-shelf dual-socket, quad-core (8-core) Intel (News - Alert) Xeon 5500 Processor Series platform, running IPS signatures from a tier-1 IPS equipment vendor. HyperScan not only leverages cache memory to scan large volumes of patterns simultaneously, but also takes advantage of platform specific optimizations like SIMD and Hyperthreading to improve performance. Hence, HyperScan runs 22 percent faster on the Intel Xeon 5500 Process Series when compared to the Intel Xeon 5400 Processor Series.

 

According to Sab Gosal, CEO of Sensory Networks, the HyperScan algorithms are steps beyond DFA and NFA implementations typically used in the industry for pattern matching. Using patented techniques along with the knowledge of modern CPU architectures, HyperScan delivers throughput performance that scales linearly and runs faster than equivalent hardware solutions.

 

HyperScan is supplied with a benchmarking tool, documentation and the necessary technical assistance to ensure a quick and easy evaluation of the product. Provided under a simple cost-effective license framework, HyperScan gives equipment vendors the opportunity to perform a one-time integration into a system release, thereby allowing it to be used for new product shipments as well as upgrade systems already in the field.