ACELERA DATASHEET WAN Optimization Controllers - Sysob IT-Distribution

aCEL E RA DATAS HEETWAN OptimizationControllersaCelera WAN optimization controllers accelerate applications, speeddata transfers and reduce bandwidth costs using a combination ofapplication, network and protocol optimization.Available on high-performance Array appliances or as software for cloud and virtualized environments, aCelera accelerates the transfer of data and improves the performance of business-critical applications across wide area networks.In addition, aCelera greatly improves bandwidth utilization, allowing businesses to reduce costs or increase ROI by doingmore with less. Leveraging stream-based differencing, application blueprints, single instance store, traffic prioritization andnetwork, application and TCP optimizations, aCelera physical and virtual appliances and software clients cost-effectivelydeliver LAN-like performance between any cloud, data center, branch or user.

aCELERA DATAS HE E THighlights & Benefits Improve application response times by up to 50xwhile reducing bandwidth utilization by up to 95% Supports 50% more accelerated connectionsas compared to competing solutions at significantlyless cost, delivering ROI in extremely shorttimeframes Purpose-built to reduce the impact of networkcongestion, latency and packet loss that combine toslow end-user response times and the transferof data Application-specific blueprints and specific protocoloptimizations eliminate redundant and chatty traffic Stream-based differencing for eliminating thetransmission of content previously received in localdata stores Compression for reducing the amount of datatransmitted over wide area connections Window resizing, persistent connections and smallpacket aggregation for dramatically improving TCPperformance Integrated QoS, traffic shaping and SSL foroptimizing, prioritizing and securing traffic on yournetwork Deliver cost-effective, seamless audio and videousing QoS to guarantee bandwidth and prevent jitterand latency from impacting audio, video and VoIPapps Future-proof deployment in today and tomorrow’sdata centers, public clouds, private clouds, hybridclouds, remote locations and remote and mobileusers – or any combination Physical appliances supporting from 10Mbpsto 1Gbps and up to 100,000 concurrent TCPconnections. Virtual appliances supporting up to1Gbps and 64,000 concurrent TCP connections Software available for VMware ESXi and WindowsServer Integrated automated failover for high availability inbusiness critical environments Simplified management of physical and virtualappliances via transparent addressing, statisticalperformance dashboards, comprehensive reporting,and auto discovery Centralized provisioning of physical andvirtual appliances and mobile clients, Web servicesintegration with 3rd party management tools orintegration with virtualization management systems

aCELERA DATAS HE E TaCelera WAN OptimizationArray’s award-winning aCelera WAN optimizationcontrollers help enterprises eliminate networkconstraints and accelerate application performanceto provide a LAN-like experience when accessingindividual users without over-utilizing data stores in thedata center or cloud. Single instance store also enablespeak performance for complex environments such asmeshed networks.applications and data from branch offices, data centersProxy & Connection Handlingor the cloud. Array Networks pioneered application-Proxy and connection handling technologies withlevel acceleration and currently leads the way in cross-protocol transparency for CIFS, MAPI, HTTP, HTTPS,platform support for physical and virtual appliances andRPC-to-NFS and others are lightweight and highsoftware-only WAN optimization.performance and are designed to integrate with andCombining advanced features for application anddata acceleration with flexible deployment options,aCelera WAN optimization controllers are future-proofIT investments that minimize costs and enable furtherconsolidation of IT operations. If you require applicationacceleration, virtualization, consolidation, cloudcomputing or disaster recovery, Array aCelera can help.take advantage of high-performance appliances andvirtualization platforms. Proxy and connection handlingis not tied to underlying hardware or operating systemsand scalability varies by physical appliance or with thesize of CPU and memory in virtual environments.Forwarding PlaneForwarding plane is a proprietary technology that allowsStream-Based DifferencingArray’s patent-pending stream-based differencingenables continuous identification and analysis of largerstreams of data in sequential order. Stream-baseddifferencing facilitates the compression, organizationand differencing of all data types as part of an overallaCelera to statefully track hundreds of thousands offlows with minimal CPU impact. The forwarding planealso allows for the most flexible deployment andsupport of network topologies including WCCP, VRRP,PBR and static routing.data reduction and optimization process. Stream-Compressionbased differencing efficiently utilizes system capacity toCompression provides an ideal balance between dataoptimally support a large history database that scalesalong with available resources.reduction and maximized throughput by performingcompression on the first pass of data and thenleveraging application acceleration blueprints toSingle Instance StoreSingle instance store provides a scalable resource toimplement data differencing so that unchanged data isnot sent over the network twice. The store also preventsdeliver content-aware de-duplication that separatesencapsulation from the payload to prevent long-termperformance degradation.multiple copies of the same data from being stored andContent-Aware De-Duplicationmaintained and enables predictive preloading basedaCelera content-aware de-duplication goes beyondon usage patterns. The history store scales linearly withmemory, and storage space adjustments are easy toimplement both on physical appliances and in virtualenvironments.that of other WAN optimization vendors. As datastreams are processed, aCelera segments and buildshistories and distinguishes the protocol used to transferthe content. By stripping off both TCP/IP and protocolSingle instance store allows aCelera to scale to supportencapsulation, aCelera creates a clean history based onthe needs of large deployments while maintainingpure content.high levels of performance, and is critical to supporting

aCELERA DATAS HE E TBecause disk space is not filled with protocolcombining requests together to significantly accelerateencapsulations that will never be matched in the future,applications. In addition, application blueprints provideit can be used more effectively to enable better long-application intelligence to the aCelera de-duplicationterm performance; moreover, content that is writtenengine to enable content-aware de-duplication.cleanly gets better matching. As a result, aCeleradelivers better data reduction, faster data transfers andsuperior matching when content is transferred usingdifferent protocols.TCP OptimizationTraffic Shaping & Secure WANIntegrated traffic shaping and SSL encryption allow IT toprioritize and secure traffic on the network. Leveragingtraffic shaping, guaranteed bandwidth may be assignedto particular hosts, networks, ports or applications.TCP optimization makes transfers more efficient acrossMoreover, by enabling encryption, accelerated trafficwide area networks and enables better utilization ofcan be transmitted over SSL connections to ensureboth high and low bandwidth environments, fastersecurity for traffic sent between aCelera appliances.recovery after packet loss and bandwidth fairness withother data flows. TCP optimization features include:Window Scaling – Increases the default 64K TCPaCelera ConfigurationManagement System (CMS)window size to ensure efficient throughput inThe aCelera configuration management systemlong fat networksenables global configuration and deploymentSlow Start with Congestion Avoidance – Determinesof physical and virtual aCelera appliances. CMSavailable bandwidth and avoids sending more data thanuses templates, so that settings that are commonnetworks can handlebetween appliances can be easily managed from oneFast Convergence – Rapidly increases throughputof each new TCP connection to ensure optimumthroughputSelective Acknowledgement – Preciselydetermines packets lost during transmission,retransmits only lost packetsconfiguration. Changes only need to be made onceand will propagate throughout the system, creatingsimplicity and eliminating errors.CMS provides IT administrators with an easy-to-usesolution for centralized provisioning, drag-and-dropconfiguring, appliance management and a centralizedview of entire aCelera deployments. CMS was designedwith the needs of the CIO and IT administrator in mind,Application BlueprintsLegacy application protocols, such as CIFS for filesharing or MAPI for mail, were not designed to runover wide area networks. These protocols break dataoptimizing operational efficiency for branch accelerationmanagement and thereby lowering TCO for theenterprise.up into chunks and wait for one chunk to be receivedaCelera Mobilebefore sending another. This is known as chattiness, andaCelera Mobile provides application acceleration usingchattiness can only be solved by applying applicationlevel intelligence and optimization.software installed on laptop computers for users whowork remotely and independently and mobile usersaCelera application blueprints optimize protocols sobased out of remote offices. aCelera Mobile allowsthey operate efficiently across wide area networks.users to benefit from downloads that others in theThey use techniques such as local acknowledgementsremote office have already made. Array’s approach toof requests, request pipelining, pre-fetching data andcreating peering relationships between aCelera history

aCELERA DATAS HE E Tstores allows multiple users’ histories to benefit eachother, a feature which is a key differentiator betweenaCelera and competing solutions. Leveraging the samefeatures and capabilities present on aCelera physicaland virtual appliances, Array is able to extend industryleading WAN optimization performance to remote andmobile environments and users.Flexible Platform OptionsaCelera is available as a physical appliance or as avirtual appliance or as software for Windows Server.Deployed as a physical appliance, aCelera is packagedon Array’s high-performance WAN Series hardwareto provide the right balance of price, performanceand scalability. Deployed as a virtual appliance,aCelera may be installed on industry-leading VMwareESXi hypervisors and may be scaled by increasingCPU cores, memory and disk space. Moreover,aCelera virtual appliances and software can easilybe downloaded to remote locations and provisioneddynamically for desired user workloads.In the data center, aCelera may be deployed on WANSeries hardware or stored on the disks in a SAN andautomatically deployed to one or more virtual machines.By deploying the right combination of physical andvirtual appliances, IT can achieve the optimal balanceof performance, scalability, security, availability andaffordability.The aCelera AdvantageArray aCelera delivers superior acceleration, theability to scale seamlessly, flexible hardware andsoftware options for data center, cloud and remoteenvironments, comprehensive centralized managementand integration with 3rd party management systems,end-to-end security and pricing that is 30-50% lessexpensive versus rival solutions – enabling greater ROIin less time.