What is Riverbed SteelHead used for?

2019-10-30

What is Riverbed SteelHead used for?

SteelHead is the industry’s #1 optimization solution for accelerated delivery of any application across the Hybrid WAN. With SteelHead WAN optimization solutions, you have better visibility into application and network performance and the end user experience.

What is client accelerator?

The Client Accelerator solution enables you to optimize application protocols such as HTTP and MAPI and to reduce bandwidth for other protocols, providing LAN-like performance to remote users who are accessing your computer network using any type of remote access (dial-up, broadband, wireless, and so forth).

How does Riverbed SaaS accelerator work?

With a simple, subscription-based software license activation, SaaS Accelerator spins up in the cloud and works in conjunction with any SteelHead appliances at branch sites, or Client Accelerator on workforce laptops. Enterprises choose which applications to accelerate based on workforce requirements.

What is Riverbed SteelHead CX?

The Riverbed Solution SteelHead CX speeds migration to the public cloud and accelerates access for users from virtually any location. SteelHead CX for Cloud delivers the best end user experience across hybrid networks by optimizing application performance for cloud and Software-as-aService (SaaS) applications.

What is Riverbed RiOS?

The Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) is the software platform that powers our award-winning line of SteelHead appliances from Riverbed.

How does SteelHead Mobile client work?

SteelHead Mobile Client – The SteelHead Mobile client enables endpoint PCs and Macs to optimize data when connected to a Mobile Controller. You distribute SteelHead Mobile software to endpoints using packages.

What is SteelHead appliance?

SteelHead DX WAN optimization appliances are purpose-built to address the unique needs of data center-to-data center workloads, delivering up to 60x improvements in throughput across WANs with high latency and/or packet loss and reducing bandwidth requirements by up to 99%.

What is SaaS acceleration?

SaaS Accelerator is a Riverbed managed service controlled through the SteelConnect Manager that works with Riverbed client-side appliances to accelerate SaaS traffic. The SaaS Accelerator is a replacement for SteelHead Cloud Accelerator with Akamai, which has been renamed to Legacy Cloud Accelerator.

What is Riverbed WAN optimization?

Riverbed WAN Optimization solutions helps customers to scale their existing bandwidth and realize more performance and control. They can enjoy up to 20X more effective capacity and accelerate enterprise applications up to 50X.

What is steelhead mobile?

• SteelHead Mobile Client – The SteelHead Mobile client enables endpoint PCs and Macs to optimize data when connected to a Mobile Controller. You distribute SteelHead Mobile software to endpoints using packages.

Where can I download SMC-ve for steelhead mobile?

SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile – Virtual Edition (SMC-VE) runs on RSP and is available at the Riverbed Services Platform software page. Note that this RSP package is for initial installation only. Use the images on this page to upgrade SMC-VE to a version later than 3.0.2c.

What software is available for the steelhead ex VSP?

Virtual SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile for VSP (VSMC-VSP) runs on VSP on the Steelhead EX 1.X models. The current version of VSMC-VSP (3.1.3d-vsp) software is available below. Virtual SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile (V-SMC) runs in ESX/hypervisor environments.

What are the system requirements for SteelCentral controller for steelhead mobile?

SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile version 4.7.0 and higher requires at least 3GB of memory to be allocated for the SMC 8550 (SMC-VE), 8551 and 8552 models. Upgrading SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile software directly from version 1.0x to version 4.0x is not supported.