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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: WAN Optimization Solutions
People often ask me, "Rob, I hear BIG-IP is more than just a great load balancer. Can you tell me more?"
Of course, we prefer the term "Application Delivery Controller" to "Load Balancer." ...
This is great info Rob. I would also like to add that WOM is part of our solution for MS Exchange 2010 as we are able to optimize WAN traffic for DAG replication with WOM.
You can read further by viewing our MS Exchange Wiki on the Dell Enterprise Technology site. http://dell.to/gSLZkI
Database Availability Groups (DAG) provide Mailbox availability and automatic database recovery in the event of failure. Continuous replication and monitoring of all group members allow for quick detection and recovery of a Mailbox database. If an active member fails, DAG will bring up the passive database copy on another server and resume services, minimizing the impact to end-users. For disaster recovery (DR), DAG members may be located in different sites that are geographically separated, for example Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO), and interconnected by a wide area network (WAN). This change allows DAG replication traffic to be WAN optimized by F5.
In addition, WOM is a key component in our solution for Dell's DX Storage Solution. WAN Optimization for DX- Encrypt and acceleration WAN communications with cache, compression, de-duplication, TCP optimization and tunneling of DX HTTP traffic between data centers. Here is a link to the full wiki: http://dell.to/hAWLK6
Stay tuned for the F5 | DX Power Solutions article in late March! "Enhanced agility and security for DX Object Storage Platform infrastructures"
