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SteelConnect + SteelHead Versus NetScaler SD-WAN
Criteria Riverbed SteelConnect NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler SD-WAN Advantage
Device-managed but not Device-managed Device-managed approach provides faster failover and
Failover Methodology
seamless Seamless to application operational simplicity.
Packet-based path selection is more bandwidth efficient
Path Selection By application By packet
and provides a better user experience
Path Measurement & Recovery Seconds Milliseconds NetScaler SD-WAN can react to brown out and black out
Speed issues in less than a second
Bandwidth bonding ensures efficient bandwidth usage,
Bandwidth Bonding No. Assigns apps to links Yes
while SteelConnect does static mapping to a WAN link
Dual-ended QoS is a requirement for reliable application
Dual-ended QoS No Yes
delivery over Internet-based connections
No. Assymetric routing is Applications are not symmetric, same as broadband. So
Unidirectional selection Yes
not supported measurement and selection shouldn’t be symmetrical
NetScaler SD-WAN can ensure lossless deliver for VoIP or
Packet Duplication No Yes
other mission critical applications
NetScaler SD-WAN can match or exceed Riverbed data
Data compression & Reduction Yes Yes
compression performance in most instances
NetScaler SD-WAN supports a similar set of protocols, but
Protocol Acceleration Yes Yes
with industry leading HDX acceleration
Despite a similar level of configuration complexity,
Configuration complexity Simple Simple
NetScaler SD-WAN provides much more value
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