Solution Brief

3 benefits of Citrix ADC with

flexible licensing
Why it’s all about the power of pooled capacity

A flexible application delivery controller (ADC) is a
must for streamlining your move to the cloud. See how
Citrix ADC pooled capacity can help you drive greater
agility, enhance utilization, and deliver flexibility for a
smooth cloud journey.
What is Citrix ADC pooled capacity?
It’s a shared licensing framework designed to give
you the ultimate flexibility to move capacity where it’s
needed most. With licenses no longer tied to a specific
physical or virtual ADC, Citrix ADC pooled capacity lets
you check out licenses and bandwidth from a common
pool. When an ADC no longer needs the resources,
you can check them back into the pool, making them
available to other ADCs.
Pooled allocable
Individual fixed licenses licenses (130 GB)
MPX SDX
MPX SDX
40G License 20G License
Top 3 benefits of Citrix ADC pooled capacity
1. Flexibility
Pooled capacity licensing gives you the flexibility to move
capacity among the ADCs across your hybrid, multi-cloud
environment, regardless of form factor. That means the
ADCs in your datacenter share the same capacity pool as
your ADCs in the cloud. Share capacity among:
• Physical and virtual appliances
• Private and public clouds
• Geographies
• Hardware platforms
2. Better economics
When moving to the cloud, it’s hard to predict how much
capacity you may need. You often end up with too much
or too little to cover unpredictable demand. Flexible
licensing lets you avoid over- and underprovisioning by
dynamically allocating capacity where it’s needed most.

If you have resources located in different parts of the

10G License 20G License
world, for example, you can set a policy to provision
VPX CPX VPX CPX and deprovision bandwidth based on time of day. This
10G License 9G License
eliminates the need to purchase maximum-capacity
ADCs for each location, leading to a better utilization of
20G License 1G License
resources and more predictable costs.
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3. Simplicity Embrace the cloud with confidence

All the benefits of flexible licensing would be lost Flexible licensing is the simplest, most cost-effective
without an easy way to manage it. Citrix Application way to help you prepare for the future while ensuring
Delivery Management (ADM) is your single pane of glass reliable app delivery today.
for managing Citrix ADC pooled capacity licenses. From
there, you can view and automate across your entire
To learn more about Citrix ADC pooled capacity,
hybrid, multi-cloud environment through a single, unified
visit citrix.com/adc.
console rather than having to manage licenses manually
on individual instances.

Plus, as you migrate more applications to the cloud, you

can take your on-premises Citrix ADC configurations
and licenses to the cloud for a simple, smooth transition.

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