Benefits
One-third the cost of a traditional half-rack solution
Less IT support needed at remote sites; bandwidth upgrades avoided
Disaster recovery plan in place
IT framework in place for future expansion
Solution: SteelFusion appliances with VSP and WAN optimization
Between the cost of the additional bandwidth and the proposed half-rack of infrastructure, the IT improvements for the remote sites were looking to be very expensive. Vigil proposed a delay to give himself time to research other options.
From his IT partner, Trace3, Vigil learned of a simpler and more cost-effective approach to remote site architecture: SteelFusion appliances from Riverbed Technology. SteelFusion enables the consolidation of remote servers and storage while giving remote users local performance.