For mid-size offices and regional data centers, Riverbed offers a powerful mid-range line of appliances. These models support an estimated 75 to 850 employees (depending on the device and usage characteristics), and scale up to 45 Mbps of WAN capacity. The mid-range Steelhead appliances also offer features that most competitors only offer in their high-end devices such as RAID and redundant power supplies.

With a convenient 1U server format, these models can easily be rack-mounted or kept in a server closet. Four (4) on-board copper Gigabit ethernet ports come standard in the 50 Series mid-range appliances with optional multi-port Ethernet and fiber cards available.

In order to accommodate future growth, the Steelhead appliances are also software-upgradeable to the grow with your business and protect your investment in Riverbed WAN optimization.

Model Characteristics

The 50 Series Appliances (xx50 Specs)

Steelhead Model	550 Series		1050 Series			2050 Series
Configurations	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
Profile	Desktop		1U			1U
Optimized WAN Capacitya	2 Mbps	4 Mbps	8o Mbps	10o Mbps	20o Mbps	45 Mbpsb
Optimized TCP Connectionsd	300	600	800	1,300	2,300	2,500	4,000	6,000
Raw Capacity	160 GB		250 GB		500 GB	1 TB
Data Store Capacity	80 GB		100 GB		200 GB	400 GB
RSP Partitionk	55 GB		100 GB (Default) 200 GB (RAID)		200 GB	75 GB
Storage Fault Tolerance	-		Optional RAID			RAID
Front Swappable Drives	-		1 (default) 4g (RAID)		2 (default) 4g (RAID)	4g
RAMm	2 GB		2 GB		4 GB	6 GB
Expansion Slots (PCI-e)h	-		1			1
Onboard Bypass ports (Copper)	-		4			4
Max # of Bypass Ports	-		8			8

^(a)Inbound (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
^(b) No enforced optimized WAN bandwidth limit
^(c) For Data Center to Data Center workloads, WAN capacity is up to 1 Gbps. For DC to remote office workloads, recommended WAN capacity is up to 622 Mbps
^(d) TCP Connections can be expected up to the amount listed
^(g) Hot swappable disks
^(h) Optional Network Bypass cards: Dual and Quad LX and SX GigE Fiber GigE, Quad Copper GigE, Dual 10GbE SR (INT9350 & SHA7050 only)
^(k) Raw disk capacity allocated to the RSP partition. About 7GB is used by RSP package and filesystem. Partner packages need additional storage (based on the size of the package)
^(m) RSP requires additional 2GB of memory, 6050 requires 4GB, 7050 requires 8GB
^(o) The 5050L and the 1050 B/W increases require RiOS 5.5.7 or 6.0.2

 

For the Steelhead Product Family Datasheet, please click here.