Riverbed Steelhead Overview

Riverbed Steelhead Overview

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 Optimisation 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. With this range of sizes, you can simultaneously ensure that the appliance provides room for office growth, yet still ensures that you achieve a quick return on investment.

Our Steelhead 250 series is meant for offices with just a few people; our 6050-series appliances can meet the needs of offices with over a thousand users, or many thousands with Riverbed's clustering capabilities.

Model Specifications for the xx50 Series Appliances

Small Office

Mid-Size Office

Large Office or Data Centre

Model

250 Series

550 Series

1050 Series

2050 Series

5050 Series

6050

Configurations

L

M

H

M

H

L

M

H

M

H

M

H

Profile

desktop

desktop

1U

1U

1U

1U

1U

3U

3U

3U

WAN Capacity 1

1Mbps

1Mbps

1Mbps

2Mbps

2Mbps

6Mbps

6Mbps

10Mbps

20Mbps

45Mbps

90Mbps

155Mbps

310Mbps

WAN Capacity (high Speed)1

1Mbps

1Mbps

1Mbps

2Mbps

2Mbps

6Mbps

6Mbps

10Mbps

20Mbps

45Mbps

1Gbps

1Gbps

1Gbps

Optimised TCP Connections 3

30

125

200

300

600

800

1,300

2,300

4,000

6,000

9,000

18,000

50,000

Raw Capacity

120 GB

120 GB

120 GB

160 GB

160 GB

250 GB

250 GB

500 GB

1 TB

1 TB

2 TB

3 TB

8 TB

Data Store capacity

40 GB

40 GB

40 GB

80GB

80GB

100GB

100GB

200GB

400GB

400GB

600GB

800GB

3.5TB

RSP Partition

55GB

55GB

55GB

55GB

55GB

100GB

100GB

200GB

75GB

75GB

100GB*

150GB*

150GB*

Riverbed Services Platform (RSP)

RAID

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Front Swappable Disks

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

2

4**

4**

8**

12**

16**

RAM

1GB

1GB

1GB

2GB

2GB

2GB

2GB

4GB

6GB

6GB

8GB

8GB

24GB

Configurable Slots (PCI-e)

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

1

4

4

4

Onboard Bypass ports (Copper)

2

2

2

2

2

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Max # of Bypass Ports

2

2

2

2

2

8

8

8

8

8

20

20

20

Notes
* Option Bypass cards- Dual/ Quad, Fiber/Copper GbE
** Hot swappable disks
+ No PFS support