[c-nsp] WAN optimization in IP carrier

Jason Plank Jason_Plank at condenast.com
Sat May 26 22:40:34 EDT 2007


I am new to the list, but just wanted to chime in and say I've heard good
things about Riverbed's product. I haven't done an eval yet though.


On 5/26/07 6:18 PM, "Dennis Breithaupt" <mail at dennisbreithaupt.de> wrote:

> Hy,
> 
> you may take a close look on i.e. "Riverbed Steelhead" or "Bluecoat
> MACH5" systems.
> 
> (Search for "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2006;
> Gartner" for a quite good comparison on the available systems.)
> 
> Most of them can greatly eliminate redundant traffic patterns in
> TCP-streams regardless of the application-layer protocol as long as the
> stream is not already encrypted or compressed. Furthermore they do
> generic compression and TCP-flow optimization between them.
> 
> I think, they're targeted for corporate use, but may also be placed on
> strategic places through your carrier-backbone or your peering-points.
> 
> What are your design goals? What systems have you already tested and how
> did/did'nt they fullfill your requirements?
> 
> Generelly speaking, I think there lies much potential in WAN
> optimization and traffic reduction, not realized yet. ...and I
> personally find the topic extremely interesting :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dennis
> 
> Pak Tong Poy schrieb:
>> Hi group,
>> Anyone knows if there is any WAN optimization product for IP carrier
>> environment? I know there are product for entreprise environment. If so
>> there are, anyone knows any IP carrier use them?
>> Many thanks,
> [...]
> 
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