Business - Server Consolidation
Consolidating servers from remote locations (branch offices) to central offices (datacenters) can significantly improve efficiency and contain costs. The benefits of server consolidation include reduced server costs, reduced compliance risk by limiting intellectual property stored in remote locations, simplified backup and disaster recovery, and reduced IT costs of supporting remote server infrastructure.
Migrating applications and services provided by branch office servers to datacenters doesn’t come without challenges. IT organizations must consider and accommodate an increased volume of traffic across the wide area network (WAN - connecting branches to central offices). Additionally, some applications rely on communication protocols (i.e. CIFS) not designed to operate efficiently over WANs. These issues can significantly impact the performance of applications accessed from the consolidated servers and the overall success of the server consolidation project.
Blue Coat’s WAN Optimization solution helps overcome the challenges associated with server consolidation projects. By leveraging Blue Coat’s caching and protocol acceleration capabilities you can:
- Mitigate the impact of latency, delivering LAN-like performance for applications accessed over the WAN
- Reclaim expensive WAN bandwidth through advanced compression and caching
- Reduce wait times to access files, email and Web apps such as Salesforce.com
- Remove non-business internet traffic from the WAN through our Direct-to-Net web security capabilities
Blue Coat products for server consolidation include:
- Blue Coat ProxySG overcomes protocol limitations and mitigates the impact of latency commonly encountered as branch office servers are moved to the datacenter. Delivers a LAN-like experience to users accessing files over the WAN
- Blue Coat Director automates ProxySG configuration and policy management to enable LAN-like performance for the enterprise WAN