I have several goals in mind: 1. prioritize traffic voice first, then data based on destination and traffic type. For data, RDP to our terminal servers first here at, http traffic last. Statistics show that during the day https traffic hogs the pipe and users complain of slow downs with our other systems. 2. compression of traffic. I know the appliances can only compress "known" traffic such as smtp, http, etc. So I'd need to know from the vendors what sort of traffic is recognized and what sort of traffic can be compressed/optimized. I can do the traffic prioritization on my routers (3com) but it's a bit of a pain and frankly if I could do it more easily on an appliance then I would. I'd rather go with a management device than bump up my point to point, which would cost more in the long run. Tom
>>> "Erik Goldoff" <[email protected]> 5/26/2009 4:53 PM >>> what type of traffic are you trying to accelerate ? Most WAN Optimizers cache the data stream and remove most of the windowing/handshaking to reduce the latency ... so your data streams to the destination without two way delays of 'got that segment, what's the next segment , got that next segment, what's next now' type of protocols Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wan optimizer I've seen occasional talk about bandwidth management/compression. I'm looking for an appliance that can do this between my HQ site and second largest site. Anyone have any experience/recommendations. The two I am familiar with are Citrix's WANOptimizer and Packeteer (now Blue Coat). Thanks, Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
