Wow. That is quite a premium. Thanks for the 411
From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Riverbed Steelhead I've been evaluating some options in that space recently. Riverbed has the lion's share of the market, but their cost was just too high for us. We currently have a pair of boxes from Expand Networks. Expand does a nice job compressing RDP and HTTP traffic for us - which is the majority of what we are sending over the wire from India. With our recent growth, we need to upgrade the box to handle additional bandwidth. The cost for the Steelhead was about 100k (yes...$100,000) higher than the Expand Networks upgrade cost. As much as I would like to try Riverbed, fiscally it does not make sense to us to switch from Expand at this point. Jim Jim Holmgren Senior Manager, Infrastructure Services XLHealth Corporation The Warehouse at Camden Yards 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21201 410.625.2200 (main) 443.524.8573 (direct) 443-506.2400 (cell) www.xlhealth.com From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Riverbed Steelhead 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 ~ 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 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or protected health information. Under the Federal Law (HIPAA), the intended recipient is obligated to keep this information secure and confidential. Any disclosure to third parties without authorization from the member of as permitted by law is prohibited and punishable under Federal Law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. NOTA DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD: Este mensaje incluyendo cualquier anejo es para uso exclusivo del (los) destinatario (s) y puede incluir información confidencial y/o información de salud protegida. La Ley Federal (HIPAA) establece que el destinatario está obligado a mantener la información confidencial y sequra. HIPAA prohíbe y castiga cualquier divulgación a terceras personas sin autorización del afiliado o permitido por ley. Si usted no es el destinatario, redirija esta mensaje al remitente, y destruye cualquier copia existente del mensaje original. . ~ 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
