Live Webinar:Ready For Software Defined WAN

Acceleration?

Learn How The Next Generation of WAN Acceleration Will:

• Make WAN acceleration less expensive to deploy• More efficiently utilize WAN resources • Help ensure that RPO and RTO objectives are met

On-Demand Version Available -- includes Audio and Extensive Q&A Session

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Agenda

● Company Backgrounds

● WAN Performance is More Critical Than Ever

● Bandwidth Remains The Key Challenge

● Can WAN Appliances Save Us?

● What About Software Defined WAN Acceleration?

Our Speakers

George Crump is the founder of Storage Switzerland, the leading storage analyst focused on the subjects of big data, solid state storage, virtualization, cloud computing and data protection. He is widely recognized for his articles, whitepapers, and videos on such current approaches as all-flash arrays, deduplication, SSDs, software-defined storage, backup appliances, and storage networking. He has 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US.

Damon Ennis, Senior Vice President Products, leads Silver Peak’s products from inception and definition, through development and manufacturing and into customer support. Prior to Silver Peak, he served as Senior Director of Systems Engineering and Chief Technologist at CIENA. Before that, Damon was in senior management and technical roles at FORE Systems. Damon has an MS in electrical engineering from Columbia University and BS in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware..

Background

● Analyst firm focused storage, cloud and virtualization

● Knowledge of these market is gained through product testing, and interactions with users and suppliers

● The results of this research can be found in the articles, videos, webinars, product analysis and case studies on our web site:

○ http://storageswiss.com

Why?

• Highest-performance productso Comprehensive portfolio with up to multi-Gbps performance

• WAN optimization software leadero >50% of units shipped are now virtual

• Any applicationo Only technology that can fix the network

Who is Silver Peak?Fastest Growing WAN Acceleration Company

“Use Silver Peak when data

center-to-data center performance is

critical and in branch-to-data center

networks…” – Leading Analyst Firm

“Silver Peak optimizes all IP traffic.”

– Leading Analyst Firm

“Silver Peak has pioneered the

virtual marketplace…” – Leading Analyst Firm

Polling Question – Is your organization using WAN optimization today?

❏ Yes, a hardware solution❏ Yes, a software/virtual solution❏ We plan to implement software in

the next year❏ We plan to implement hardware in

the next year❏ Need to understand why we need

WAN optimization

Polling Results– Is your organization using WAN optimization today?

The WAN is Used More Than Ever

● Traditional Uses More Popular Than Ever

● Backup vaulting

● data replication

● New Use Cases

● Cloud Bursting

● Follow the Sun Applications

● Resource Distribution

Bandwidth (or lack there of) Remains Key Issue

● Bandwidth Can’t Keep Pace with Data Growth

● And when it can it is EXPENSIVE!

Bandwidth (or lack there of) Remains Key Issue

● Bandwidth Can’t Keep Pace with Data Growth

Enter WAN Appliances

● Dedicated Appliances designed to optimize WAN Traffic

● IP Optimization

● WAN Shaping

● Transfer Efficiency (data deduplication and compression)

WAN Appliance Challenged By Modern Data Center

● Dedicated Appliances Challenges

● Typical costs associated with dedicated appliance

● WAN use case change (bursting, follow the sun) makes the WAN appliance mission critical

● Increases cost for HA

● At Best, typically has limited host optimization, no understanding of virtual machines

WAN Acceleration Need To Be Virtualization Ready

● What is Virtualization Ready?

● Ability to optimize and prioritize traffic differently per VM or group of VMs

● Ability to have optimization policies follow the VM during migration

● Can’t be tied to specific ports, network interface cards or hosts

WAN Optimization Has To BecomeSoftware Defined

● What is Software Defined WAN Acceleration?

● Appliance is turned into software and runs with in the virtual infrastructure

● Lowers cost to deploy and eases implementation (especially remote)

● It Is VM Aware

● Can be optimized at the VM level

● Optimization can “follow” the VM not the port

Software-Defined WAN Acceleration

Solve Every Factor Impacting Application Performance

Extend Distance Improve Quality Maximize Bandwidth

Latency decreases the amount of data that can be

sent across the network

Packet loss reduces application performance

and replication throughput

Capacity limits data mobility and drives you to spend

more on bandwidth

Software-Defined Approach Future Proofs the Network

Bulk TCP

FileCIFS, NFS, FTP, AFS

WebHTTP/S, SharePoint

EmailExchange, Notes, SMTP

Data ReplicationSnapMirror, Celerra, HNAS, EqualLogic,

Remote Backup

IP – Layer 3 (Network)IP – Layer 3 (Network)

Real-Time TCP

VDIMSFT RDP, Citrix ICA

SQL QueriesMS, Oracle, Sybase, etc.

Data ReplicationSRDF, RecoverPoint, HUR, Compellent, etc.

Bulk UDP

Video Streaming

DNS

File, NFS

Aspera

VMware

Replication

Real-Time UDP

VoIP

Video

conferencing

Streaming data

VDI PCoIP

VMware

Lync

Proprietary/Encapsulated

IP – IP

GRE

RTP

RDP

IP v6 in IPv4

FCIP

VPLEX

Cisco OTV

TCP – Layer 4 (Transport)TCP – Layer 4 (Transport) UDP – Layer 4 (Transport)UDP – Layer 4 (Transport)

Network Layer Optimization Provides Most Comprehensive Application Support

Silver Peak Virtual Acceleration Open Architecture (VXOA)

• No hardware dependencies

• No application plug-ins

• Easy integration with third-party productso Blades, servers, switches, routers, storage arrays, etc.o All hypervisors

• Flexible pricingo Perpetual, subscription, and utility (via AWS)

• Software for Lifeo Buy hardware today, convert to virtual anytime for free

• Free 30-day fully supported trial

Most Cost-Effective Approach to Application Performance

WAN Capacity (All Features enabled)

Most Scalable Virtual & Physical Products

“If you are considering deploying a WAN optimization solution, you owe it to yourself to give a Silver Peak VX a test run. You won't be disappointed.”

“If you are considering deploying a WAN optimization solution, you owe it to yourself to give a Silver Peak VX a test run. You won't be disappointed.”

“I found the VX to provide a substantial improvement in overall WAN usage and reduction in time, even besting a [Riverbed Steelhead 2050] physical chassis.”

“I found the VX to provide a substantial improvement in overall WAN usage and reduction in time, even besting a [Riverbed Steelhead 2050] physical chassis.”

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