SteelHead CX 255 Appliance B020 with RiOS (TAA Compliant) w/ license

Description

New in box.
Improve application performance and data transfers served over WANs and other hybrid networks
The Riverbed SteelHead CX series features dedicated WAN optimization appliances, ideal for organizations that want to improve application performance and data transfers served over a wide area network. The series is engineered for seamless network integration into remote sites and data centers, with scalable performance designed to support a growing number of users, devices, and data.
As a result, SteelHead CX breaks through the application-performance barrier, helping you deliver on your application SLAs, while also optimizing your networking budgets. Whether you are an international Navy needing to optimize communication with a distributed fleet or an enterprise building out your private cloud, the SteelHead CX series delivers the performance and ROI necessary to ensure your project’s success.
Designed to provide the highest performing and most scalable WAN optimization solution for any sized environment, SteelHead CX appliances accelerate business applications, speed data transfers, and optimize WAN bandwidth costs to improve user productivity and simplify IT management across geographic boundaries.
Key Benefits
Increase performance up to 100x
Determine the optimal path for each application to speed delivery across the WAN and other networks
Reduce response times to make deploying virtual servers, desktops, and applications faster and easier than ever
Reduce costs and improve productivity
Reduce bandwidth utilization by up to 60-95%, thus deferring costly network bandwidth upgrades
Support up to one million connections
Increase throughput and number of connections in a single box by up to 50%
Balance traffic across private and public links
Gain visibility and control
Deploy in minutes without changes to applications, users, routers, or other IT infrastructure
Automatically discover and report on applications in use across your organization
Perform ongoing management through the powerful web-based and command line interfaces, including in-depth reporting and NetFlow exporting
Improve data protection efforts with a faster WAN. Eliminate your remote backup infrastructure and improve replication up to 10 times and more, while reducing the cost and complexity of your WAN infrastructure
SteelHead CX appliance Features
Multi-tiered optimization
Includes the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), which delivers LAN-like performance across the WAN
Accelerates all TCP applications to increase performance up to 100x
Combines data reduction, as well as TCP, UDP, and application-level protocol optimization across the WAN for an unparalleled multi-tiered optimization strategy
Support for large-scale deployments
Supports up to one million connections through an intelligent and scale-as-you-grow performance architecture
Improves ROI with up to 50% more connections and throughput from a single appliance
Faster, more cost-effective disaster recovery
Accelerates both replication and backup from the branch — or between data centers — by 10x or more
Eliminates the need for additional bandwidth or longer backup windows
Industry-leading performance
Features the highest-capacity all SSD-based WAN optimization controller
Includes a full range of SSD-based appliances ideal for large branch offices and data centers
Built-in visibility and packet capture
Turns on the embedded Cascade Shark to
 gather packet and flow data from the branch — with no additional instrumentation required
Provides remote-site troubleshooting and application-level visibility without affecting core WAN optimization — at no additional cost