Silver Peak Systems
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Silver Peak Systems designs and manufactures WAN optimization
products. Silver Peak's global headquarters is located in Santa Clara
, California
. Silver Peak was founded in 2004 by David Hughes, who holds a PhD from Wollongong University and has been awarded 35 patents. Silver Peak Systems shipped its first product, the NX-series, in September 2005.
Silver Peak Systems has been named to the Wall Street Journal's "Next Big Thing" list of the top 50 venture-backed companies for the past two consecutive years, and recently was named a Visionary in the Gartner
Magic Quadrant
for WAN Optimization
.
. The products are architected around three fundamental technologies: Network Memory to reduce the amount of data traversing the WAN, Network Acceleration to overcome WAN latency, and Network Integrity to mitigate the effects of packet loss across the WAN.
resells Silver Peak physical and virtual WAN optimization appliances, which are available through the EMC Select program. Silver Peak is also the only WAN optimization product qualified and integrated with EMC’s VPLEX Geo solution. Silver Peak’s WAN optimization products are E-lab qualified on Symmetrix® Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous (SRDF®/A), Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Data Mobility (SRDF/DM), SAN Copy™, Celerra® Replicator, RecoverPoint, and Atmos.
resells Silver Peak's WAN optimization products to address bandwidth, congestion, latency, and dropped packets when replicating data across the wide area network. Silver Peak can be deployed with HDS backup and replication solutions, such as TrueCopy/HUR, HNAS, and HCP replication.
resells Silver Peak WAN optimization to improve the performance of Dell EqualLogic offsite replication, data protection, and centralized backup over the wide area network.
, Cisco WAAS
, Riverbed
]
WAN Optimization
WAN optimization is a collection of techniques for increasing data-transfer efficiencies across wide-area networks. In 2008, the WAN optimization market was estimated to be $1 billion , and it will grow to $4.4 billion according to Gartner, a technology research firm.The most common measures of...
products. Silver Peak's global headquarters is located in Santa Clara
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Silver Peak was founded in 2004 by David Hughes, who holds a PhD from Wollongong University and has been awarded 35 patents. Silver Peak Systems shipped its first product, the NX-series, in September 2005.
Silver Peak Systems has been named to the Wall Street Journal's "Next Big Thing" list of the top 50 venture-backed companies for the past two consecutive years, and recently was named a Visionary in the Gartner
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Magic Quadrant
Magic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. According to Gartner, the Magic Quadrant aims to provide a qualitative analysis into a market and its direction, maturity and participants, thus possibly enabling a company...
for WAN Optimization
WAN Optimization
WAN optimization is a collection of techniques for increasing data-transfer efficiencies across wide-area networks. In 2008, the WAN optimization market was estimated to be $1 billion , and it will grow to $4.4 billion according to Gartner, a technology research firm.The most common measures of...
.
Products
Silver Peak's products (physical and virtual appliances) are based on the Silver Peak Virtual Acceleration Open Architecture (VXOA), which allows for WAN optimization to be deployed on a variety of hardware platforms and hypervisorsHypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
. The products are architected around three fundamental technologies: Network Memory to reduce the amount of data traversing the WAN, Network Acceleration to overcome WAN latency, and Network Integrity to mitigate the effects of packet loss across the WAN.
NX-Series (Physical Appliances)
- NX-1000 - 1RU appliance equipped with 500 GB of local data store, and supports up to 4 Mbps of WAN traffic.
- NX-2000 - 2RU appliance equipped with 1 TB of local data store, and supports up to 10 Mbps of WAN traffic.
- NX-3000 - 2RU appliance equipped with 1 TB of local data store, and supports up to 20 Mbps of WAN traffic.
- NX-5000 - 2RU appliance equipped with 4 TB of local data store, and supports up to 50 Mbps of WAN traffic.
- NX-7000 - 2RU appliance equipped with 5 TB of local data store, and supports up to 155 Mbps of WAN traffic, including disk based WAN deduplication and full encryption.
- NX-8000 - 2RU appliance that supports 800 Mbps of WAN traffic (622 Mbps with all features enabled, including disk based WAN deduplication and full encryption).
- NX-9000 - 2RU appliance that supports 1 Gbps of bidirectional WAN traffic, 4 Gbps of bidirectional LAN traffic, and 256,000 simultaneous sessions.
- NX-10000 (NX-10K) - 2RU appliance that supports 2.5 Gbps of bidirectional WAN traffic, 10 Gbps of bidirectional LAN traffic, and 256,000 simultaneous sessions.
VX-Series (Virtual Appliances)
- VX-Xpress - Free downloadable virtual appliance for site-to-site WAN optimization and supporting up to 4 Mbps of WAN traffic.
- VX-1000 - Supports up to 4 Mbps of WAN traffic with over 8,000 simultaneous user sessions.
- VX-2000 - Supports up to 10 Mbps of WAN traffic and 64,000 simultaneous user sessions.
- VX-3000 - Supports up to 20 Mbps of WAN traffic and 64,000 simultaneous sessions
- VX-5000 - Supports up to 50 Mbps of WAN traffic and 64,000 simultaneous sessions.
VRX-Series (Virtual Appliances)
- VRX-8 - Supports up to 1 Gbps of WAN traffic and 256,000 simultaneous sessions.
EMC
EMC CorporationEMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
resells Silver Peak physical and virtual WAN optimization appliances, which are available through the EMC Select program. Silver Peak is also the only WAN optimization product qualified and integrated with EMC’s VPLEX Geo solution. Silver Peak’s WAN optimization products are E-lab qualified on Symmetrix® Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous (SRDF®/A), Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Data Mobility (SRDF/DM), SAN Copy™, Celerra® Replicator, RecoverPoint, and Atmos.
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems is a company providing mid-range and high-end storage systems, software and services. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. and part of the Hitachi Information Systems & Telecommunications Division....
resells Silver Peak's WAN optimization products to address bandwidth, congestion, latency, and dropped packets when replicating data across the wide area network. Silver Peak can be deployed with HDS backup and replication solutions, such as TrueCopy/HUR, HNAS, and HCP replication.
Dell
DellDell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
resells Silver Peak WAN optimization to improve the performance of Dell EqualLogic offsite replication, data protection, and centralized backup over the wide area network.
Competitors
Silver Peak's competitors include: [ Blue CoatBlue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems Inc. is a network security and network management company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States.It identifies itself as an application delivery network specialist...
, Cisco WAAS
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, Riverbed
Riverbed Technology
Riverbed Technology is a technology company that specializes in improving the performance of networks and networked applications. It was founded May 23, 2002 by Jerry Kennelly and Steve McCanne in San Francisco, California where its world headquarters remains...
]