TL;DR: If you need ultra-low latency, deterministic performance, and maximum control, the Solace Event Broker appliance delivers hardware-accelerated messaging that has been proved at massive scale to deliver predictable performance, ultra-high reliability and minimal operational overhead.
Overview
Solace Event Broker: Appliance is a high-performance, rack-mounted messaging platform designed for reliable, low-latency event distribution at scale. Built on a chassis-based architecture, it offers turnkey deployment, extremely high throughput, and deterministic performance for real-time use cases across AI, cloud, and IoT environments.
Unlike software-based brokers running on shared infrastructure, the appliance is purpose-built to handle event traffic with consistency, precision, and efficiency—making it the highest-performance deployment option available.
Why Choose a Hardware Appliance
- Hardware Acceleration: Routes messages efficiently using purpose-built hardware, avoiding the overhead and variability of general-purpose compute.
- Deterministic Performance: Consistent low latency without noisy neighbor effects or virtualization overhead.
- Operational Simplicity: No infrastructure design, tuning, or ongoing optimization required.
- Maximum Control: Ideal for environments requiring strict data sovereignty, security, or isolation.
Performance at a Glance
- Guaranteed Messaging: 620K msgs/sec P2P, 5.5M with fan-out; 9.5 Gbps throughput; supports up to 10B messages or 6 TB; ~75μs latency at 140K/sec.
- Direct Messaging: 12M msgs/sec P2P, 30M with fan-out; up to 80 Gbps throughput; ~20μs latency.
- Availability: 99.999% uptime with built-in replication and fast failover.
Turnkey Deployment
The appliance is delivered as a fully integrated system that simplifies deployment and operations:
- No infrastructure to design or provision
- No tuning required for performance
- Predictable capacity and scaling
- Rapid time-to-value
Best For
- Ultra-low latency environments such as trading, telecommunications, and industrial automation
- High-throughput core systems requiring consistent performance
- Regulated or air-gapped environments with strict security requirements
- Data center or edge deployments where control and reliability are critical
Connectivity and Integration
- Supports up to 30K JMS connections and 200K REST/IoT connections
- Interfaces include 4x10GE and 8x10GE I/O cards
- Connectivity options include 10G Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and RS232
Safety and Compliance
Meets industry standards including IEC 62368-1:2018 and CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1:19. Model 3200; HS Code 8471.80. Learn more.
Proven in Production
Solace appliances power mission-critical systems across industries where downtime and latency have impact measured in the millions of dollars. Organizations rely on them to deliver real-time data movement for financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and beyond.