Overview
A Multi-function Platform for the New Data Center
The Juniper Networks WXC™ application
acceleration platforms are part of the WX family of products
and identical to the WX platforms, with the addition
of on-board hard drives to store repeated data patterns,
effectively increasing effective WAN capacity by as much
as 100 fold.
The hard drives provide support for Network Sequence Caching,
which dramatically speeds the transfer of large files by
eliminating repetitive data sequences. The hard-drive storage
supplies the capacity needed to store long data sequences
for long periods of time, enabling up to 100-fold increases
in WAN capacity. The WXC platforms constantly communicate,
exchanging vital information such as topology, accessibility
and path-performance metrics. The WXC platforms also interoperate
with the Juniper Networks WX application acceleration platforms;
working with the WX 100 in a stacked configuration, the
WXC platforms extend support for Sequence Caching to 155
Mbps bandwidth levels.
Overview
A Multi-function Platform for the New Data Center
The Juniper Networks WXC™ application
acceleration platforms are part of the WX family of products
and identical to the WX platforms, with the addition
of on-board hard drives to store repeated data patterns,
effectively increasing effective WAN capacity by as much
as 100 fold.
The hard drives provide support for Network Sequence Caching,
which dramatically speeds the transfer of large files by
eliminating repetitive data sequences. The hard-drive storage
supplies the capacity needed to store long data sequences
for long periods of time, enabling up to 100-fold increases
in WAN capacity. The WXC platforms constantly communicate,
exchanging vital information such as topology, accessibility
and path-performance metrics. The WXC platforms also interoperate
with the Juniper Networks WX application acceleration platforms;
working with the WX 100 in a stacked configuration, the
WXC platforms extend support for Sequence Caching to 155
Mbps bandwidth levels.
WXC platforms can be installed and
configured in just 10 minutes using a web-based wizard.
Configuration can also be fully automated using the WXOS™ and WX Central
Management System™ (WX CMS™) software. IT simply
defines centralized configuration templates; when remote
WXC platforms boot up, they retrieve a network address,
locate the WX CMS server through the domain name service
(DNS), download their configuration file and begin operation.
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Specifications
The WXC platforms accelerate application performance for
remote and branch office users accessing centralized resources,
delivering faster response times, reducing WAN bandwidth
consumption, and prioritizing mission-critical traffic
to ensure uninterrupted business operations. The WXC platforms,
which interoperate with each other as well as the Juniper
WX application acceleration platforms, scale to meet a
range of WAN bandwidth levels while providing a comprehensive
feature set to optimize WAN performance.
The WXC application acceleration platforms operate transparently,
independent of other network equipment. IT can place a WXC
device either in the flow of traffic between a LAN switch and
WAN router or attach it to just a mirrored port on a switch
or router.
WXC platforms work effectively alongside VPN servers or firewalls.
The WXC platforms sit on the LAN side of the security device
and optimize traffic before it is encrypted.
Benefits
The WX product family coupled with WX CMS management software
enables high-performance businesses to create a competitive
advantage by providing:
- Uninterrupted productivity - Accelerates
mission-critical applications and rich content by reducing
the volume of traffic.
- Confident interactions and transactions -
Accelerates delivery of web applications by speeding
application-specific protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP/S, MAPI,
CIFS).
- Real time collaboration and communications -
Accelerates real-time business-critical applications,
such as VoIP, by prioritizing and allocating bandwidth.
- Quick, secure access to the WAN -
Accelerates features for secure applications, such as
HTTPS, encrypted Remote Desktop Connections or CIFS with
SMB signing.
- Proactive network and application traffic management -
Provides the network and application visibility to deliver
applications exactly as intended, on a consistent basis.
- Improved operational and cost efficiencies -
Productivity gains the WX and WXC platforms provide in
the form of application acceleration contribute to improving
the bottom line.
Juniper
Networks WXC Application Acceleration Platforms
