Riverbed's Steelhead appliances provide the highest level of WAN performance across the broadest range of applications. Available in a wide range of sizes – all powered by the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) – Steelhead appliances are also the most scalable approach to application acceleration across your WAN.
Steelhead appliances come in a range of sizes to ensure that each of your offices has a properly sized acceleration appliance. Plus, with our upgradeable licensing capability, you don’t need to oversize a box for your remote offices and can ensure that you still have room to grow while protecting your WAN optimization investment.
Our smallest Steelhead appliance 100 is meant for offices with just a few people; our 6000-series appliances carry enterprise-class data center workloads and can meet the needs of offices with many thousands of users.
The 50 Series Appliances (xx50 Specs)
| Steelhead Model |
250 Series |
| Configurations |
L |
M |
H |
| Profile |
Desktop |
| WAN Capacity1 |
1
Mbps |
1
Mbps |
1
Mbps |
WAN Capacity
(High- speed)1 |
1
Mbps |
1
Mbps |
1
Mbps |
| Optimized TCP Con- nections2 |
30 |
125 |
200 |
| Raw Capacity |
120 GB |
120 GB |
120 GB |
| Data Store Capacity |
40
GB |
40
GB |
40
GB |
| RSP Partition |
55
GB |
55
GB |
55
GB |
| Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) |
• |
• |
• |
| RAID |
- |
| Front Swappable Disks |
- |
| RAM |
1GB |
Configurable
Slots(PCI-e)* |
- |
| Onboard Bypass ports(Copper) |
2 |
| Max. # of Bypass Ports |
2 |
1Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed
For Steelhead Product Family Datasheet, please click here.
The 50 Series Appliances (xx50 Specs)
| Steelhead Model |
550 Series |
1050 Series |
| Configurations |
M |
H |
L |
M |
H |
| Profile |
Desktop |
| WAN Capacity1 |
2
Mbps |
2
Mbps |
6
Mbps |
6
Mbps |
10
Mbps |
WAN Capacity
(High- speed)1 |
2
Mbps |
2
Mbps |
6
Mbps |
6
Mbps |
10
Mbps |
| Optimized TCP Con- nections2 |
300 |
600 |
800 |
1,300 |
2,300 |
| Raw Capacity |
160 GB |
160 GB |
250 GB |
250 GB |
500
GB |
| Data Store Capacity |
80
GB |
80
GB |
100
GB |
100
GB |
200
GB |
| RSP Partition |
55
GB |
55
GB |
100
GB |
100
GB |
200
GB |
| Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
| RAID |
- |
| Front Swappable Disks |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| RAM |
2GB |
2GB |
4GB |
Configurable
Slots(PCI-e)* |
- |
1 |
| Onboard Bypass ports(Copper) |
2 |
4 |
| Max. # of Bypass Ports |
2 |
8 |
1Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed
**Hot swappable disks
For Steelhead Product Family Datasheet, please click here.
The 50 Series Appliances (xx50 Specs)
| Steelhead Model |
2050
Series |
5050
Series |
6050
Series |
| Configurations |
M |
H |
M |
H |
|
| Profile |
1U |
3U |
3U |
| WAN Capacity1 |
20
Mbps |
45
Mbps |
90
Mbps |
155
Mbps |
310
Mbps |
WAN Capacity
(High- speed)1 |
20
Mbps |
45
Mbps |
90
Mbps |
155
Mbps |
310
Mbps |
| Optimized TCP Con- nections2 |
4,000 |
6,000 |
9,000 |
18,000 |
50,000 |
| Raw Capacity |
1
TB |
1
TB |
2
TB |
3
TB |
8
TB |
| Data Store Capacity |
400
GB |
400
GB |
600
GB |
800
GB |
3.5
TB |
| RSP Partition |
75
GB |
75
GB |
100
GB |
150
GB |
150
GB |
| Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
| RAID |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
| Front Swappable Disks |
4** |
4** |
8** |
12** |
16** |
| RAM |
6
GB |
8
GB |
24
GB |
Configurable
Slots(PCI-e)* |
1 |
4 |
| Onboard Bypass ports(Copper) |
4 |
4 |
| Max. # of Bypass Ports |
8 |
20 |
1Inbound (WAN to LAN) Steelhead capacity is unrestricted; outbound WAN capacity can be expected up to the amount listed
On the 5050, and 6050 total WAN capacity equals inbound traffic + outbound traffic
For Steelhead Product Family Datasheet, please
click here
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