What's the streaming internet video for? The benefits of putting a Riverbed or similar solution in place is that your bandwidth will be freed up from other traffic, so the traffic that the devices don't directly accelerate will still benefit from less contention on the wire.
These solutions are not cheap, however. You might want to look into business broadband options at those locations as a potential option, since 1.5Mbit/s just isn't that much anymore in a rich internet environment. *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM, David Mazzaccaro < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking to optimize my WAN. > > I have 8 locations that all come back to my main site (all locations are > being bumped up from fractional Ts to 1.5Mbps T1 circuits) > > There are no servers or internet access at any remote sites, and all > applications are run on our Citrix 4.0 servers at the main site. > > Even with full T1 lines and citrix, these remote sites suffer from > latency, especially internet browsing. > > I am wondering what is out there to help speed things up. > > I stumbled on Riverbed’s Steelhead product and am waiting for a call back > to discuss their offerings. > > From what little I’ve read, riverbed does a great job of reducing some > types of traffic, but I’m not sure what I can do about certain things like > streaming internet video. > > Anyone have any experience w/ riverbed in this type of environment? > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
