introducing steelfusion
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Riverbed SteelFusion is the first and only branch converged infrastructure that delivers local performance while enabling data centralization and instant branch recovery. SteelFusion eliminates the headache of branch office IT, consolidating servers and storage into the datacenter without sacrificing the benefits of having servers at the edge. Learn more at: http://riverbed.com/steelfusion/TRANSCRIPT
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Introducing SteelFusion
Rob WhiteleyVP, Product Marketing
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REDUCEBRANCH IT FOOTPRINT
ACHIEVEINSTANT
RECOVERY
WHAT IF YOU COULD . . .
DEPLOYBRANCHESIN MINUTES
GET DATAOUT OF HIGH-RISK PLACES
ELIMINATETAPES AT
THE BRANCH
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THESE CIOS DID.
GET DATAOUT OF HIGH-
RISK PLACES
ELIMINATETAPES AT
THE BRANCH
REDUCEBRANCH ITFOOTPRINT
ACHIEVEINSTANT
RECOVERYDEPLOY
BRANCHESIN MINUTES
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HOW?
Branch converged infrastructureSteelFusion is the only branch
converged infrastructure that delivers local performance while enabling data centralization, instant recovery, and
lower TCO
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47 PBCentralized branch data
87,000Consolidated
branch servers
PROVENTens of thousands across hundreds of customers
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TODAY’S MODERN IT INFRASTRUCTURE STACK
WHY CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE?
• Pre-integrated, pre-configured
• Server + Storage + Networking + Virtualization
• Workload-optimized
CONTROL AND ORCHESTRATION
VIRTUALAPP 1
VIRTUALAPP 2
VIRTUALAPP 3
VIRTUALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SERVER STORAGE
NETWORK
CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
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• All-in-one branch platform• VSP: Brings vSphere to the
branch• BlockStream: Centralizes data• Steelhead: Optimizes user &
data traffic
WHY CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE?
CONTROL AND ORCHESTRATION
VIRTUALAPP 1
VIRTUALAPP 2
VIRTUALAPP 3
VIRTUALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SERVER STORAGE
NETWORK
STEELFUSION
BRANCH CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
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STEELFUSION, FORMERLY GRANITE
BRANCH CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
STORAGE DELIVERY CONTROLLER:Interfaces with SANProjects VMs and data to branchProtects branch data centrallyEliminates branch backups
CONVERGED APPLIANCE:Combines compute + storage + virtualization + networkingConsolidates remote IT Provides local performance
STEELFUSION CORESTEELFUSION EDGE
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STEELFUSION, FORMERLY GRANITE
AUTHORITATIVE BLOCK CACHE
DEDUPLICATION BLOCK-LEVEL PRE-FETCH
BLOCKSTREAM TECHNOLOGY
STEELFUSION CORESTEELFUSION EDGE
BRANCH CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
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STEP 1: VIRTUALIZE BRANCH SERVICES
DATA CENTERBRANCH
VM VM VM
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STEP 2: POINT TO STEELFUSION CORE
VM VM VM
STEELFUSION CORE
DATA CENTERBRANCH
VM VM VM
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BRANCH DATA CENTER
VM VM VM
STEELFUSION COREVM
VM
BRANCH
STEELFUSION EDGE
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STEP 3: PROJECT VMS AND DATA TO BRANCH
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BRANCH DATA CENTER
VM VM VM
STEELFUSION CORE
BRANCH
VMWARE VSPHERE
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BOOT VIRTUAL BRANCH DURING DISASTERS
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BRANCH DATA CENTER
VM VM VM
STEELFUSION CORE
BRANCH
STEELFUSION EDGE
VM
VM
VMWARE VSPHERE
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RECOVER BRANCH WITH NO DOWNTIME
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STEELFUSION DELIVERS . . .
96X
Reduction in recovery time
30-50%
TCO savings
30XReduction in provisioning time
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RIVERBED RAISES THE BAR WITH STEELFUSION 3.0
1• Advanced Tiering
Cache
• Branch Recovery Agent
• Pool Management
New Innovations2• SteelFusion Edge
1360P: 6x faster
• SteelFusion Core 3000: 3x capacity
New Models3• 3x memory
increase on SteelFusion Edge
• Updated NetApp & EMC integration
Enhancements
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