From: Colin McNamara (Colin@2cups.com)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2008 - 02:28:40 ART
To be fair, both are decent products. They both cover base optimization
pretty well, while each also has strengths in areas that the other is
weak in.
At the end of the day, the choice between the products is going to be
based on these differentiators, not who's data redundancy elimination
algorithm was tweaked 5% faster this week.
Depending on the problem you are trying to fix any of the following
might be more important to you then the other - ease of integration,
vmware integration, client based software distribution, wccp vs inline,
embedded M$ os , ability to redirect sniffs, IDS visibility, and more.
To be frank, Riverbed had a head start. Their SE's understand the
Windows / Exchange administrators and are adept at speaking their
language and identifying their pain points.
For a while there, WAAS was playing catchup. It only supported WCCP
integration, you had to hard code its protocol descriptions, it was
frankly a pain. Cisco took the feedback from the customer base and the
channel and made and drop and insert card, as well as made much of the
protocol descriptions and far side WAAS discovery automatic. At the core
it was always stable and did its job, but now it is much easier to
configure and set up in a proof of concept environment.
For me, I choose WAAS. You might choose the same, you might not. But I
would hope that you would make that choice based on the larger
integration features rather then a one off test conducted by somebody else.
-- Colin McNamara (858)208-8105 CCIE #18233,RHCE,GCIH http://www.colinmcnamara.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmcnamara"The difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a little longer"
Brian Dennis wrote: > Sorry but it does not have a Cisco logo on it so it's not "really cool" ;-) > > Brian Dennis, CCIE4 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP) > bdennis@internetworkexpert.com > > Internetwork Expert, Inc. > http://www.InternetworkExpert.com > Toll Free: 877-224-8987 > Direct: +1-775-544-1653 (Outside the US and Canada) > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > > > Subject: RE: OT Cisco loses to riverbed in wan optimization > From: "raul raul" <juvenn@hotmail.com> > Date: Mon, March 17, 2008 20:52 > > take a look on their demo ; really cool . > > http://www.riverbed.com/ > > > >> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:26:42 -0500 >> Subject: Re: OT Cisco loses to riverbed in wan optimization >> From: bdennis@internetworkexpert.com >> To: juvenn@hotmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com >> >> That's not a "bake-off". That's one person's test using a single >> PowerPoint file. Also note this quote from the person doing the testing, >> "I still don't know if it was configured ideally during my test". >> >> Brian Dennis, CCIE4 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP) >> bdennis@internetworkexpert.com >> >> Internetwork Expert, Inc. >> http://www.InternetworkExpert.com >> Toll Free: 877-224-8987 >> Direct: +1-775-544-1653 (Outside the US and Canada) >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >> Subject: OT Cisco loses to riverbed in wan optimization >> Date: Mon, March 17, 2008 18:47 >> From: "raul raul" <juvenn@hotmail.com> >> >> >>> Hi Group ; >>> Cisco loses to Riverbed in WAN optimization bake-off. >>> >>> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23604?page=1&t51hb= >>> >>> Anybody have any idea on this product ? it seem superb on their >>> >> marketing strategy . >> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Easily manage multiple email accounts with Windows Live Mail! >>> http://www.get.live.com/wl/all >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________ >>> Subscription information may be found at: >>> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html >>> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> Subscription information may be found at: >> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html >> > > > > Get your free suite of Windows Live services! Windows Live > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
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