In Brief
- GTE Federal Credit Union installed Riverbed SteelHead appliances at its main data center and disaster recovery facility
- 78% reduction in bandwidth requirements for EMC SRDF/A and NetApp SnapMirror replication
- Avoided upgrading storage hardware and WAN bandwidth
- 100% payback almost immediately
GTE Federal Credit Union needed to accelerate replication between sites to comply with federal RPOs and avoid costly infrastructure upgrades. After evaluating WAN optimization alternatives from Riverbed and Silver Peak, the credit union was able to solve the problem using Riverbed SteelHead appliances, realizing a return on its investment almost immediately.
Summary
Reduced bandwidth requirements by 78%