SteelHead Interceptor
Enterprise scalability, high availability and exclusive load-balancer intelligence for SteelHead
Overview
Amplify the power of WAN Optimization by clustering multiple SteelHead solutions together
When you want more throughput or connections than just one SteelHead can provide – or if you desire a high-availability deployment option – SteelHead Interceptor helps manage and scale your enterprise-wide network throughput.
With SteelHead Interceptor, you can intelligently integrate your SteelHead optimization fabric while directing activity and network load with superior management and administration capabilities. SteelHead Interceptor delivers the only load-balancing solution capable of assessing SteelHead pressures and seamlessly steers traffic to the optimal SteelHead to continuously and efficiently scale application traffic.
SteelHead Interceptor clusters groups of SteelHeads to work together seamlessly and provides:
- Real-time dynamic load balancing of your SteelHeads
- Enhanced optimization for even greater throughput and bandwidth reduction
- The ability to add, modify, or remove SteelHeads in real time, with no disruption to operations
- Clustering of up to 20 SteelHeads to manage up to one million concurrent connections
What is a Load Balancer?
SteelHead Interceptor enables customers to scale optimization solutions to support hundreds of thousands of end users across an enterprise, as well as very high bandwidth connections into the data center.
BENEFITS
How it works
TCP connection forwarding
Ensures continuity between SteelHead appliances in large environments with asymmetrically-routed networks, supports one to four Interceptors, and up to 20 SteelHead solutions
Multiple configuration options
Offers multiple configuration options − in series, in parallel and in quad, delivers multiple in-path clustering and flexible network failure options
Detailed visibility
Supports up to 10 rules, tracing up to 1,000 connections for troubleshooting, works with the SteelHead IP Address and Port Transparency feature for more visibility
Speed with finely tuned control
Supports 1 million optimized connections, exclusively provides hardware assist pass through with IPv6 configuration option, delivers fine grain control of what traffic gets optimized and how, with configurable load balancing rules, allows real time-cluster management without disruption to services
Optimization, Scalability and High-availability
Extended Performance and Scalability to meet increased volume and high-availability needs of Big Enterprise with high-speed 100G interfaces across multiple SteelHeads to meet peak demands for WAN acceleration patterns. Continues high availability operations by diverting to fully functional SteelHeads with a SteelHead or network failure. Offers fair peering load-balancing intelligence that steers traffic to the optimal SteelHead. Exclusively delivers the only load-balancing solution capable of assessing SteelHead appliances to most efficiently balance traffic.
Simplified Management for Large Enterprises
Integrates with Riverbed SteelCentral Controller for centralized management and upgrades. Automatically load-balances the entire SteelHead cluster. Eliminates transmission of redundant data to offer the most bandwidth reduction.
Visibility, Optimization and Control
Increases application and data transfer performance up to 100x. Delivers improved visibility with end user monitoring for all optimized traffic on premise and web and SaaS applications
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