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Steelhead EX Appliances
Branch Office Box with WAN Optimization and VMware-based Virtualization
The Riverbed® Steelhead® EX series is a specialized product line focused on the needs of active branch offices. Each purpose-built appliance combines WAN optimization and the VMware-based Riverbed Virtual Services Platform (VSP) to create a true enterprise-class branch office box. The Steelhead EX series offers a new approach to consolidating branch office infrastructure, enabling the fluid enterprise by simplifying branch management, reducing costs, and increasing operational agility.
The Riverbed® Steelhead® EX series combines WAN optimization and virtualization to enable organizations to meet the needs of the active branch office with an enterprise- class branch office box. Built on VMware, the Steelhead EX series offers the performance of the award winning Riverbed Optimization Series (RiOS®) and flexibility of the Riverbed Virtual Services Platform® (VSP) for greater consolidation than ever before. The resource-rich appliances leverage VMware architecture to run virtualized instances of an organization’s own services or take advantage of applications designed for VSP by a Riverbed Technology Alliance (RTA) partner. Tightly integrated and designed for simplicity, the Riverbed Steelhead EX series allows fine-grained configuration of data rules allowing virtualized services to run in or out of path, all without any impact on core WAN optimization performance. Steelhead EX series can also be upgraded to include Granite™, the virtual edge of the data center which allows end users in a branch to access and write to centralized storage over the WAN at local speeds.
Some of what sets Steelhead EX products apart is:
Next Generation Consolidation on an Enterprise Branch Office Box: The Steelhead EX series provides a complete solution to achieve greater performance and consolidation in the branch office. Organizations can take advantage of the flexibility of the VMware hypervisor and Riverbed WAN optimization performance to lower their operational and capital expenses by consolidating to the data center and within the branch. Close integration allows companies to fine-tune and control performance to increase operational agility. The result is the Steelhead EX appliance is a branch office box without compromise.
High Performance Appliances for the Active Branch: The Steelhead EX series is designed to support the intense workloads of the modern branch office. Each purpose-built appliance features memory, disk, and CPU specifications to ensure that workers are more productive, while data moves faster and organizations require less bandwidth than ever before.
RiOS Performance: Each Steelhead EX series appliance includes the same industry leading RiOS that organizations of all sizes rely upon to overcome their network and application performance challenges. Through a combination of data reduction, TCP and UDP optimization, and application-level protocol optimization, RiOS provides the highest performing and most scalable WAN optimization solution available.
Riverbed Virtual Services Platform (VSP): With VSP organizations can run multiple virtual instances on their Steelhead EX appliance. Customers can consolidate multiple basic services in the branch such as print, DNS, and DHCP. Additionally, services requiring significant computing resources such as network security and video will benefit from the robust memory and storage available in the Steelhead EX product line. Tightly integrated and intelligently designed, these branch office boxes allow fine-grained configuration of data flow rules to maximize management flexibility and ensure simplicity.
Riverbed Steelhead EX appliances provide the following capabilities:
- High Performance Hardware: Significant memory, disk, and CPU to support the most intensive workloads with high performance SSDs
- RiOS WAN Optimization: The industry standard solution for WAN optimization. Accelerate applications up to 100x faster while reducing bandwidth demands by up to 60-99%.
- Riverbed Virtual Services Platform – VMware-based platform that runs virtually any local service or application on a single box
- Granite Capable – Allows centralized storage over the WAN at LAN-like speeds
Steelhead EX appliance: WAN Optimization & Virtualization with Riverbed Virtual Services Platform - This is a logical representation of services.
Steelhead appliancess accelerate the widest range of enterprise applications.
Model Specifications: EX Riverbed Steelhead Appliances
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| Configurations | G | L | M | H | L | M | H | G | L | M | H | VH | G | L | M | H | VH | G | L | M | H | VH | ||
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| Upgradable To | 560-L/M/H | 560-M/H | 560-H | - | 760-M/H | 760-H | - | 1160-L/M/H | 1160-M/H | 1160-H | - | - | 1260-L/M/H | 1260-M/H | 1260-H | - | - | 1260-L/M/H | 1260-M/H | 1260-H | - | - | ||
| Optimized WAN Capacity(a) | 4 Mbps | 4 Mbps | 6 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 45 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 45 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 45 Mbps | ||
| Optimized TCP Connections(b) | N/A | 250 | 350 | 650 | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | N/A | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 4,000 | N/A | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 4,000 | N/A | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 4,000 | ||
| QoS Bandwidth(c) | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 45 Mbps | 45 Mbps | 45 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | ||
| QoS Rules/Classes(d) | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Raw Storage Capacity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Store Capacity (SSD) | 40 GB | 40 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 300 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 300 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 300 GB | ||
| VSP Partition(h) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Granite block store(h) | 380 GB | 760 GB | 1580 GB | 3575 GB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hot Swappable Drives | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RAM (without Granite) | N/A | 8 GB | 16 GB | N/A | 16 GB | 24 GB | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| Available for VSP | N/A | 2 GB | 6 GB | N/A | 8 GB | 10 GB | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| RAM (with Granite)(g) | 16 GB | 16 GB | 20 GB | 24 GB | 24/32(j) GB | 24/32(j) GB | 32/64(j) GB | 32/64(j) GB | ||||||||||||||||
| Available for VSP(j) | N/A | 7 GB | 6 GB | N/A | 8 GB | 10 GB | 9/17(j) GB | 5/13(j) GB | 12/43(j) GB | 8/40(j) GB | ||||||||||||||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e)(i) | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Included Bypass Ports (Copper) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) Outbound WAN capacity is up to the amount listed. (b) TCP Connections can be expected up to the amount listed (c) Maximum outbound QoS shaping capacity (d) Total of classes plus rules (e) RAID 1 configuration for HDD, Data store uses fault tolerant striped (FTS) configuration for SSD (f) RAID 10 configuration for HDD, Data store uses fault tolerant striped (FTS) configuration for SSD (g) Granite requires extra memory. In some models - EX760 and EX1260 - the memory is always included. On other models, extra memory is needed to support Granite. EX560 requires 16GB of RAM when configured for Granite. EX1160 requires 20GB of RAM when configured for Granite (h) With the Granite license, this can grow to encompass the Granite blockstore. Increasing VSP partition decreases Granite block store and vice versa. (i) Optional Network Bypass cards: Dual & Quad LX/SX Fiber GigE, EX models support a max of 1 fiber NIC but no additional copper NICs (j) EX1260 memory can be upgraded to 32GB (2TB model) and 64GB (4TB model) |
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Model Specifications: Granite Core
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| Configurations | U | L | M | L | M | H | VH | ||
| Profile | |||||||||
| Upgradable To | VGC1000-L/M | VGC1000-M | - | GC2000-M/H/VH | GC2000-H/VH | GC2000-VH | - | ||
| Front Swappable Drives | N/A | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| RAM | N/A | 24 GB | 24 GB | 24 GB | 24 GB | ||||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e) | N/A | 4 | |||||||
| Included Ports(Copper) | N/A | 6 | |||||||
| Max. # of Ports | N/A | 6 | |||||||
| Branches | 5 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | ||
| Data Set Size(1) | 2 TB | 5 TB | 10 TB | 5 TB | 10 TB | 20 TB | 35 TB | ||
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Power & Physical Specifications:
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| Dual Power Supplies | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Temparature | -40 - 65 deg C / -40 - 149 deg F (Storage) |
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| Relative Humidity(i) | 5% - 95% non-condensing (Storage) |
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(i) Operating altitude up to 10,000 feet The availability, export or re-export of these products or specific features are subject to the export laws and regulations of the U.S. and the laws and regulations of any applicable foreign agency or authority. |
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