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After installing Riverbed Steelhead appliances at its UK and Dubai offices, Lucy Switchgear experienced a 50% reduction in bandwidth utilization and 90% improvement in file transfer times.
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Accelerating Applications for the Global Workforce
Riverbed Steelhead products accelerate application performance and data transfer over the wide area network (WAN), overcoming bandwidth and geographical limitations to improve productivity and enable global collaboration. With Riverbed, file transfers that once took hours or minutes, now take minutes or seconds.
Workers today need access to information wherever and whenever they work – whether at corporate headquarters, a branch office on another continent or on-site with a customer. The demand for anywhere / anytime access to data puts tremendous strain on IT to deliver an increasing number of applications over the WAN.
Riverbed’s award-winning WAN optimization solutions strategically enable IT to centralize and reduce operational overhead and expense, while improving end-user satisfaction. Riverbed’s products have been proven in some of the most demanding and complex networks in the world, with thousands of customers deploying Steelhead WAN optimization solutions.
Benefits:
- Accelerate the broad range of applications businesses care about most, including file sharing (CIFS and NFS), Exchange (MAPI), Lotus Notes, web (HTTP- and HTTPS-based applications), database (MS SQL and Oracle), and disaster recovery (EMC SRDF and FCIP) applications, using a range of application protocol-specific features that are unique to Riverbed
- Enable the consolidation of file, email, and application servers from remote branches to reduce costs and complexity — without sacrificing performance
- Cut bandwidth usage, typically by 60- 95 percent, allowing you to defer expensive upgrades
- Offer real-time visibility into application and WAN performance, so you can use applications and resources more efficiently and effectively
- Optimize performance while maintaining security to help you meet audit, compliance regulations, and other security requirements
- Deploy in minutes without changes to applications, users, routers, or IT infrastructure
- Integrate easily and seamlessly into the most complex environments
- Scale to hundreds of sites with any-to-any connectivity; support tens of thousands of users on one device
With Riverbed Virtual Steelhead appliances, WAN optimization now extends to deployments where physical hardware may not be conveniently suited. Military deployments typically use ruggedized custom hardware, on which running a virtual machine is more convenient. Space-limited scenarios, such as mobile news vans or construction trailers may also require a form factor that is free from the physical limitations of hardware appliances.
The Virtual Steelhead appliance can be managed by industry standard virtualization tools such that it fits seamlessly into fully virtualized data center environments, where interoperability with existing management infrastructure is a must have. While targeted specifically for the above mentioned scenarios, Virtual Steelhead appliances can also be deployed as a cluster in order to scale to data center environments.
| Steelhead Model | 250 Series | ||
| Configurations | L | M | H |
| Profile | Desktop | ||
| Upgradeable To | 250-M/H | 250-H | - |
| Total Throughput Capacitya | 1 Mbps | 2 Mbpsi | 2 Mbps |
| Optimized TCP and UDP flowsd | 40i | 125 | 200 |
| QoS Bandwidthq | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| QoS Rules/Classesr | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Raw Capacity | 120 GB | ||
| Data Store Capacity | 40 GB | ||
| RSP Partitionk | 55 GB | ||
| RSP 64 Bit Packages | No | ||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | - | ||
| Front Swappable Disks | - | ||
| RAMm | 1 GB | ||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e)h | - | ||
| Onboard Bypass Ports (Copper) | 2 | ||
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 2 | ||
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(a) Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed. On the 2050, 5050, and 6050, total WAN capacity equals inbound traffic + outbound traffic |
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| Steelhead Model | 550 Series | 1050 Series | 2050 Series | ||||||
| Configurations | M | H | U | L | M | H | L | M | H |
| Profile | Desktop | 1U | 1U | ||||||
| Upgradeable To | 550-H | - | - | 1050-M/H | 1050-H | - | 2050-M/H | 2050-H | - |
| Total Throughput Capacitya | 2 Mbps |
4 Mbps |
4 Mbps |
8 Mbpso |
10 Mbpso |
20 Mbpso |
45 Mbpsb |
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| Optimized TCP and UDP flowsd | 300 | 600 | 600 | 800 | 1,300 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 4,000 | 6,000 |
| QoS Bandwidthq | 10 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| QoS Rules/Classesr | 500 | 500 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Raw Capacity | 160 GB |
250 GB |
500 GB |
1 TB |
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| Data Store Capacity | 80 GB |
100 GB |
200 GB |
400 GB |
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| RSP Partitionk | 55 GB |
100 GB |
100 GB (Default) 200 GB (RAID) |
200 GB |
75 GB |
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| RSP 64 Bit Packages | No | Yes | |||||||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | - | - | Optional RAID | RAID | |||||
| Front Swappable Drives | - | 1 | 1 (default) 4g (RAID) |
2 (default) 4g (RAID) |
4g | ||||
| RAMm | 2 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB | 6 GB | |||||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e)h | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Onboard Bypass ports (Copper) | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
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(a) Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed. On the 2050, 5050, and 6050, total WAN capacity equals inbound traffic + outbound traffic (b) No enforced optimized WAN bandwidth limit (c) For Data Center to Data Center workloads, WAN capacity is up to 1 Gbps. For DC to remote office workloads, recommended WAN capacity is up to 622 Mbps (d) TCP and UDP flows can be expected up to the amount listed (g) Hot swappable disks (h )Optional Network Bypass cards: Dual and Quad LX and SX GigE Fiber GigE, Quad Copper GigE, Dual 10GbE SR/LR (i) Requires RiOS 7.0.3a, 6.5.5a onwards (late May'12) (k) Raw disk capacity allocated to the RSP partition. About 7GB is used by RSP package and filesystem. Partner packages need additional storage (based on the size of the package) (m) RSP requires additional 2GB of memory, 6050 requires 4GB, 7050 requires 8GB. RSP packages on the 550 are limited to 1.5GB memory since the software is unable to use the full 2GB of additional memory (o) The 5050L and the 1050 B/W increases require RiOS 5.5.7 or 6.0.2 onwards (q) Recommended maximum outbound QoS shaping capacity (r) Total of classes plus rules Download the Steelhead Product Family Brochure |
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| Steelhead Model | 5050 | 6050 | 7050 | ||||
| Configurations | L | M | H | L | M | ||
| Profile | 3U | 3U | 3U | ||||
| Upgradeable To | 5050-M/H | 5050-H | - | - | 7050-M | - | |
| Total Throughput Capacitya | 90 Mbpsb,o |
90 Mbpsb,o |
155 Mbpsb |
310 Mbpsb |
1 Gbpsb,c,n |
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| Optimized TCP and UDP flowsd | 7,500 | 10,000 | 18,000 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 | |
| QoS Bandwidthq | 200 | 200 | 200 | 310 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
| QoS Rules/Classesr | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Raw Capacity | 2 TB | 2 TB | 3 TB | 8 TB | 2.8 TB SSD | 5 TB SSD | |
| Data Store Capacity | 600 GB |
600 GB |
800 GB |
3.5 TB |
2.2 TB |
4.4 TB |
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| RSP Partitionk | 100 GBe |
100 GBe |
150 GBe |
150 GBe |
100 GBe |
100 GBe |
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| RSP 64 Bit Packages | Yes | ||||||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | RAID | RAID | RAIDf | ||||
| Front Swappable Disks | 8g | 8g | 12g | 16g | 16g | 30g | |
| RAMm | 8 GB | 24 GB | 32 GB | 48 GB | |||
| Configurable Slots (PCI-e)h |
4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Onboard Bypass Ports (Copper) | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||
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(a) Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed. On the 2050, 5050, and 6050, total WAN capacity equals inbound traffic + outbound traffic (b) No enforced optimized WAN bandwidth limit (c) For Data Center to Data Center workloads, WAN capacity is up to 1 Gbps. For DC to remote office workloads, recommended WAN capacity is up to 622 Mbps (d) TCP and UDP flows can be expected up to the amount listed (e) No PFS support (f) Data store uses fault tolerant striped configuration (g) Hot swappable disks (h) Optional Network Bypass cards: Dual and Quad LX and SX GigE Fiber GigE, Quad Copper GigE, Dual 10GbE SR/LR (i) Requires RiOS 7.0.3a, 6.5.5a onwards (late May'12) (k) Raw disk capacity allocated to the RSP partition. About 7GB is used by RSP package and filesystem. Partner packages need additional storage (based on the size of the package) (m) RSP requires additional 2GB of memory, 6050 requires 4GB, 7050 requires 8GB. RSP packages on the 550 are limited to 1.5GB memory since the software is unable to use the full 2GB of additional memory (n) Over 4Gbps of LAN performance with 2.5X data reduction when configured to use jumbo Ethernet frames. (o) The 5050L and the 1050 B/W increases require RiOS 5.5.7 or 6.0.2 onwards (p) Multiple inpath interfaces were used to achieve this throughput. Up to 40Gbps throughput (rx+tx traffic). Requires version INT 3.0 with XBridge enabled. WCCP and PBR configurations are not supported when XBridge is enabled. (q) Recommended maximum outbound QoS shaping capacity (r) Total of classes plus rules Download the Steelhead Product Family Brochure |
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| Model | Series |
Series |
Series |
Series |
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| Configurations | L | M | H | M | H | L | M | H | L | M | H |
| Total Throughput Capacitya | 1 Mbps |
1 Mbps |
2 Mbps |
2 Mbps |
4 Mbps |
8 Mbps |
10 Mbps |
20 Mbps |
45 Mbps |
45 Mbps |
45 Mbps |
| Optimized TCP and UDP flowsd | 30 | 125 | 200 | 300 | 600 | 800 | 1,300 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 4,000 | 6,000 |
| Disk Capacity Required |
74 GB |
74 GB |
74 GB |
110 GB |
110 GB |
132 GB |
132 GB |
232 GB |
430 GB |
430 GB |
430 GB |
| Data Store Capacity | 40 GB |
40 GB |
40 GB |
80 GB |
80 GB |
100 GB |
100 GB |
200 GB |
400 GB |
400 GB |
400 GB |
| Virtual CPUs Required | 1 x 1.6 Ghz | 1 x 1.6 Ghz | 1 x 1.6 Ghz | 2 x 1.6 Ghz | 2 x 1.6 Ghz | 2 x 1.86 Ghz | 2 x 1.86 Ghz | 2 x 1.86 Ghz | 4 x 2 Ghz | 4 x 2 Ghz | 4 x 2 Ghz |
| Memory Required | 1 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB | 6 GB | 6 GB | 6 GB |
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(a) Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed. On the 2050 total WAN capacity equals inbound traffic + outbound traffic (b) TCP Connections can be expected up to the amount listed |
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| Steelhead Model | INT 9350 | CMC8150 | SMC8650 | |
| Configurations | ||||
| Profile | 3U | 1U | 1U | |
| Upgradeable To | - | |||
| Total Throughput Capacitya | 40 Gbpsp |
NA | NA | |
| Optimized TCP and UDP flowsd | 1,000,000 | - | - | |
| Raw Capacity | - | 1 TB | 1 TB | |
| Data Store Capacity | - | NA | NA | |
| RSP Partitionk | - | |||
| RSP 64 Bit Packages | - | |||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | RAID | - | - | |
| Front Swappable Disks | 3g | 2 | 2 | |
| RAMm | 8 GB | 6 GB | 6 GB | |
| Configurable Slots (PCI-e)h | 4 | - | - | |
| Onboard Bypass Ports (Copper) | 4 | - | - | |
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 20 | - | - | |
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(a) Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed. On the 2050, 5050, and 6050, total WAN capacity equals inbound traffic + outbound traffic |
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Whitepaper:
- Taneja: Riverbed Sets a New Standard for WAN Opt
- Forrester: Successfully Consolidating Branch Infrastructure
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