Riverbed SteelFusion Edge 1260
The first converged infrastructure solution purpose-built for the branch
Formerly Known As: Granite appliance(s)
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Overview:
Business Challenge
Enterprises pull from a global talent pool and establish branch offices to remain close to customers, partners, and key components of their supply chain. As the number of branches grows, organizations deploy more and more infrastructure to deliver applications and data efficiently and reliably and maintain an acceptable level of productivity.
This proliferation results in islands of distributed branch infrastructure that are necessary to meet local performance and reliability needs, but that are costly, complex, and inefficient to manage. Companies rarely have the expertise in branches to maintain such distributed infrastructure. This increases business risk due to outages, obsolescence, and data loss. When branch offices go down because of natural or manmade disasters or human error the costs are huge. It can take days to fully recover.
The Riverbed Solution
Riverbed SteelFusion is the first and only branch converged infrastructure that delivers local performance while enabling data centralization, instant recovery, and lower TCO. SteelFusion converges server, storage, and network infrastructure into a single branch appliance minimizing the footprint needed to run branch applications while centralizing data. SteelFusion eliminates the headache of branch office IT, consolidating servers and storage into the datacenter without sacrificing any of the benefits of having servers at the edge close to users.
SteelFusion features an industry-first storage delivery architecture. Unlike traditional converged infrastructures, SteelFusion enables “stateless” branch services. Users access applications running locally in the branch while primary data is stored in the datacenter. Decoupling compute from storage, SteelFusion branch converged infrastructure delivers local performance and capacity without requiring a storage-intensive architecture in the branch. This significantly reduces required branch infrastructure and centralizes management of branch services.
SteelFusion expedites branch office provisioning, backup, and recovery and ensures continuous operations when disasters occur such as inclement weather, fire, and human-induced outages. With SteelFusion, businesses can restore operations in a matter of minutes vs. days, centrally protect and secure data, and significantly lower the TCO of branch and remote offices.
SteelFusion consists of two components:
- SteelFusion Edge: A converged appliance that integrates server, storage, network, and virtualization to run local branch applications, eliminating the need for additional branch infrastructure.
- SteelFusion Core: A storage delivery controller in the datacenter that interfaces with a storage area network (SAN) to project centralized data out to branches. SteelFusion serves as the infrastructure for your branch, significantly lowering capital and operational costs, mitigating the risk of branch disasters, and improving IT’s responsiveness to the business.
Key Benefits:
Efficiency
Reduce capital and operational costs, simplify IT practices
Consolidation and Centralization
- Centralize branch servers and storage while maintaining local performance
- Slash branch IT costs by eliminating the need to purchase and maintain branch servers and storage
- Drive greater utilization of datacenter storage investments
Simplified Management
- Reduce branch administration costs by leveraging standardized datacenter policies and procedures
- Centralize control to eliminate the need for remote IT personnel or “fly and fix” missions
- Quickly provision remote and branch offices from the datacenter
Resiliency
Improve disaster recovery readiness and reduce downtime
Disaster Recovery and Avoidance
- Rapidly recover from disasters by projecting VMs from the datacenter to the branch
- Reduce data loss with near real-time synchronization of data to the datacenter
- Start VMs in the datacenter when remote locations experience or expect interruption
Data Protection
- Eliminate the need to purchase, install, and manage dedicated branch backup solutions
- Centralize data protection to benefit from mature enterprise-class practices
Disconnected operations
- Enable work to continue uninterrupted by maintaining local access to VMs and data even if the WAN link is down
Security
Mitigate risks associated with data in remote locations
Control
- Control data in the datacenter, removing sensitive information from high-risk locations
- Render data on stolen appliances or drives inaccessible without admin authentication
Encryption
- Ensure data at rest is safe using AES 256-bit encryption, compliant with HIPAA and Top Secret standards
- Protect data in-flight with industry-standard SSL or IPSEC encryption
- Reduce risk by maintaining only a limited set of active data blocks at remote locations
Key Features:
SteelFusion features three technologies that work together deliver local performance from the datacenter to the branch:
BlockStream: Integrated storage delivery
BlockStream is patented technology that centralizes data in the datacenter and projects a working set out to the branch. It combines three capabilities: 1) an authoritative block cache built into the SteelFusion Edge converged appliance; 2) a pre-fetch algorithm that predicts and delivers required data to branch locations; and 3) data deduplication technology that reduces the amount of data transferred between Edge and Core.
SteelHead: Built-in WAN optimization
SteelFusion contains an integrated instance of the industry’s #1 WAN optimization solution – Riverbed SteelHead. WAN optimization helps further streamline branch infrastructure by accelerating all branch user application and data traffic at the fastest speeds across the optimal networks at the lowest cost.
Virtual Services Platform (VSP): Branch-optimized virtualization
The SteelFusion Edge converged appliance contains a fully integrated instance of the VMware vSphere hypervisor, optimized to run remotely on a hardened branch appliance. Customers benefit from having the industrystandard virtualization platform, which can be managed with existing tools and capabilities. SteelFusion simply and seamlessly appears as a standard host in existing VMware vSphere and vCenter Server management tools.
Specifications:
| Model | 1160 Series (with BlockStream) | 1260 Series (2 TB) | ||||||||
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| Configurations | G | L | M | H | VH | G | L | M | H | VH |
| Profile | 1U | 2U | ||||||||
| Upgradeable To | 1160-L/M/H | 1160-M/H | 1160-H | - | - | 1260-L/M/H | 1260-M/H | 1260-H | - | - |
| Block Store(c) | 760 GB(c) | 1580 GB(c) | ||||||||
| Advanced Tiering Cache (SSD) | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | RAID1 | RAID10 | ||||||||
| Hot Swappable Drives | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||||||
| Total RAM | 48 GB | 48 GB | 72 GB | |||||||
| Available for VSP (d,e) | 32 GB | 48 GB | ||||||||
| Optimized WAN Capacity | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 50/100 Mbps(g) | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 50/100 Mbps(g) | ||||
| Optimized TCP & UDP flows | N/A | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 6,000 | N/A | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 6,000 |
| Data Store Capacity (SSD) | 140 GB | 280 GB | 140 GB | 280 GB | ||||||
| QoS Bandwidth(a) | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | ||||||||
| QoS Rules/Classes(b) | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e)(f) | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Included Bypass Ports (Copper) | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 8(h) | 8(h) | ||||||||
| Model | 1260 Series (4 TB) | 1360 Series (10 TB) | 1360P Series (10 TB) | ||||||||
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| Configurations | G | L | M | H | VH | G | L | M | G | L | M |
| Profile | 2U | ||||||||||
| Upgradeable To | 1260-L/M/H | 1260-M/H | 1260-H | - | - | 1360-L/M | 1360-M | - | 1360P-L/M | 1360P-M | - |
| Block Store(c) | 3574 GB(c) | 9400 GB(c) | 9400 GB(c) | ||||||||
| Advanced Tiering Cache (SSD) | N/A | N/A | 1 TB | ||||||||
| Storage Fault Tolerance | |||||||||||
| RAID10 | |||||||||||
| Hot Swappable Drives | 10 | 12 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| Total RAM | 88 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | ||||||||
| Available for VSP(d,e) | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | ||||||
| Optimized WAN Capacity | 10 Mbps | 20 Mbps | 50/100 Mbps(g) | 50 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 50 Mbps | 100 Mbps | ||||
| Optimized TCP & UDP flows | N/A | 900 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 6,000 | N/A | 4,500 | 6,000 | N/A | 4,500 | 6,000 |
| Data Store Capacity (SSD) | 140 GB | 280 GB | 320 GB | 320 GB | |||||||
| QoS Bandwidth(a) | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | ||||||||
| QoS Rules/Classes(b) | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e)(f) | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Included Bypass Ports (Copper) | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Max. # of Bypass Ports | 8(h) | 8(h) | 8(h) | ||||||||
NOTE: All WAN Capacity / Bandwidth, TCP Connections and UDP flows, and QoS specifications listed are maximums and may not be achieved in all environments. The WAN capacity limit is enforced on outbound optimized traffic. Inbound optimized WAN traffic is not capped (a) Recommended maximum outbound QoS shaping capacity (b) Total of classes plus rules (c) This is the maximum block store space. Depending on the disk setup, this may be shared with VSP. For more details, see the “ SteelHead EX Installation and Configuration Guide” (d) The RAM noted here is the Host Physical Memory available to vSphere. The memory available to guests will be lower than this number. For more details on vSphere memory management (e) 1260 memory can be upgraded to 32GB (2TB model) and 64GB (4TB model) (f) Optional Network Bypass cards: Quad copper GbE, Dual & Quad LX/SX Fiber GigE (1X4 port or 2X2 port NIC’s) (g)100 Mbps WAN B/W license available on the 1160 VH/1260 VH only. (h) The 1160, 1260 and 1360 support 1 add-on 4 port card that can be used either for 4 bypass ports or as 4 data ports
| SteelFusion Core | ||||||||||||
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| Model | 1000 Series | 1500 Series | 2000 Series | 3000 Series | ||||||||
| Configurations | U | L | M | L | M | L | M | H | VH | L | M | H |
| Profile | Virtual | 2U | 2U | |||||||||
| Upgradeable To | VGC1000- L/M |
VGC1000 -M |
- | VGC1500- M |
- | GC2000- M/H/VH |
GC2000 -H/VH |
GC2000- VH |
- | GC3000- M/H |
GC3000- H |
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| Number of LUNs | 10 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 160 | 200 | 250 | 300 |
| Number of Branches(a) | 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 100 | 125 | 150 |
| Data set size(b) | 2 TB | 5 TB | 10 TB | 20 | 35 | 5 TB | 10 TB | 20 TB | 35 TB | 50 TB | 75 TB | 100 TB |
| Front Swappable Drives | N/A | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| RAM | 24 GB | 128 GB | ||||||||||
| Expansion Slots (PCI-e) | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Included Ports (Copper) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Max. # of Ports | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
(a) Assumes 2 LUNs per branch (b) Recommended size depending on data type
| Branch / Edge | Data Center | |||||
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| Model | 1160 Series | 1260 Series | 1360 Series | 1360P Series | 2000 Series | 3000 Series |
| Dual Power Supplies | ||||||
| Power [Watts] (Typical) | 175 | 355 | 505 | 515 | 330 | 400 |
| BTU | 605 | 1215 | 1726 | 1753 | 1130 | 1368 |
| Temperature(b) | 10 - 40 deg C / 50 - 104 deg F (Operating) -40 - 65 deg C / -40 - 149 deg F (Storage) |
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| Relative Humidity(a) | 20% - 80% non-condensing (Operating) 5% - 95% non-condensing (Storage) |
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| Operating Acoustic noise (Typical) | 62 dBA | 65 dBA | 65 dBA | 65 dBA | 65dBA | 65 dBA |
| System Dimensions (LxWxH)(c) | 25.4 x 17.2 x 1.71 in 645.4 x 436 x 43.5 mm |
25.4 x 17.2 x 3.43 in 645.4 x 436 x 87.1 mm |
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| Packaging Dimensions | 36.25 x 23.38 x 12.5 in 920.8 x 593.7 x 317.5 mm |
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| Max Weight (without packaging) | 36 Lbs 16.36 Kg |
58 Lbs 23.36 Kg |
60 Lbs 27.2 Kg |
60 Lbs 27.2 Kg |
58 Lbs 23.36 Kg |
58 Lbs 23.36 Kg |
| Rail Information | Mounting rail kit inlcuded. Orderable spare part RMK-002A |
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(a) In China - for use in non-tropical locations (b) Operating altitude up to 10,000 feet except in China 6,562 feet (2,000m) (c) Length is without bezel The availability, export or re-export of these products or specific features are subject to the export laws and regulations of the U.S., EU, Singapore, and the laws and regulations of any applicable foreign agency or authority.
Documentation:
Download the Riverbed SteelFusion Spec Sheet (.PDF)
Download the Riverbed SteelFusion Data Sheet (.PDF)
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