Is it Voodoo or is it Riverbed?
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on December 29th, 2006
I've been a huge fan of Riverbed's Steelhead appliances ever since I put a pair in place at JBI to link our Fort Worth and Dallas offices. The technology they use to shorten data communication across WANs borders on Voodoo in my mind, and the difference in transfer times is stunning the first time you run a controlled test. We're talking about a change from 10 minutes to 15 seconds on a basic file transfer/open test. Since I've left JBI, I had no way to test Vault and a Riverbed together. Thankfully, the folks at Advanced Solutions did. Read more for my take on their results.
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