Riverbed Steelhead Appliance Model 50

Overview

With Riverbed's Steelhead Appliance Model 50, you can now provide even your smallest remote offices with the application acceleration benefits that every office deserves.

The Steelhead appliance Model 50 was designed with a small, quiet form factor so that it can run on a desk as opposed to a dedicated server room or data center. They contain all the key WAN optimization technologies within RiOS, thereby providing significant bandwidth reduction and application acceleration simultaneously.

Product Code: SHA-00050

Product Name: Steelhead Model 50

Profile: Desktop (about the size of a DSL modem)

WAN Capacity: 256Kbps

WAN Capacity (High Speed): 256 Kbps

Optimized TCP Connections: 250

Total Disk: 60 GB

Data Store Capacity: 35 GB

RAM: 512 MB

Interfaces: 2-Port 10/100Base-T bypass NIC

Product Purpose: Based on the specifications above, you will see that the Riverbed's Steelhead appliance Model 50 is designed for a relatively specific purpose. The Model 50 is a perfect fit for overseas or non-US locations that have extremely costly WAN links. Because of its high number of optimized TCP connections it can support about 40 end users.

Usage Example: Many organizations use these at their manufacturing plants that reside in the Asia region.

List Price: Please call 1-866-873-3368 for the best Riverbed appliance pricing

Upgradeability: None

Maintenance Options:
Steelhead 50 Silver Support / 24x7 Web, Phone & Email Support / Software Support (updates and major releases) / Hardware Support (repair or ship ground after receiving failed unit)

Steelhead 50 Gold Support / 24x7 Web, Phone & Email Support / Software Support (updates and major releases) / Hardware Support (next day advanced replacement)

Recommended Hardware Upgrade Path: Steelhead Appliance Model 520 or above

Optimization

• Data Streamlining - Reduces bandwidth utilization by 60 to 95%; QoS enforcement and low-latency queuing
• Transport Streamlining - Overcomes TCP limitations; Accelerates encrypted SSL traffic; Provides Virtual Window Expansion; Enables High-Speed TCP and MX-TCP
• Application Streamlining - overcomes application protocol limitations for CIFS, NFS. MAPI, HTTP, HTTPS and SQL; Enables disconnected operations; Provides transparent pre-population

Network Integration

• Transparency - Export real-time flows from a Steelhead appliance to a 3rd party Netflow collector, giving full visibility into WAN traffic by source, destination, IP address, application port, and more
• Auto Discovery - Appliances automatically find in-path peers in the network, with no tunnel configurations required
• Deployment - Installs transparently in-line or as a "one arm" attachment to routers/switches with direct configuration, WCCP, PBR, and L4 switch redirection modes
• Asymmetric Routing - Asymmetric route detection and Connection Forwarding for support of route asymmetry on both the client and server sides
• Network Agnostic - Full mesh, hub and spoke, and multi-drop topologies supported; MPLS, IP VPN, Satellite, Frame, ATM and any other IP transport supported

Management and Policy

• Configuration - Web UI, command line interface, and Central Management Console (CMC)
• Marking - DSCP, port, and VLAN mapping and/or preservation. Automatic Port-to-Application mapping for reporting
• Reporting - Robust real-time performance statistics gathering, export, and graphical reporting; Local, CMC, and Syslog logging; Report on traffic by QoS class, application, and more; SNMP support
• Optimization Policy - Per-application admission and optimization controls
• Bandwidth Management - HSFC-based QoS allows for application prioritization, low-latency queuing for VoIP; Settable WAN bandwidth rate controls included

High Availability and Security

• Fail-to-Wire - Ensures no loss in network connectivity in the event of device failure
• N:1 and 1:1 Redundancy - Hot-standby redundancy and N:1 clustering
• Security - RADIUS and TACACS+ support for authenticating access. Configurable IPSec encryption for WAN traffic
• Dual Image SW Upgrades - Scheduled over-the-wire software upgrades with dual image, rollback, and scheduled restart/reboot

Security

• SSL acceleration that maintains traffic encryption without breaking the preferred trust model
• RADIUS and TACACS+ support for authenticating access.
• Configurable IPSec encryption for WAN traffic
• Secure registration ensures only approved devices communicate with the central management console (CMC)

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