packeteer Introduction
The Packeteer range of products provides traffic management solutions that help organisations to get the most out of their wide area network connections. They provide packet shaping, symmetrical compression and high latency link optimisation products, as discussed below:
Packeteer PacketShaper
PacketShaper is the ultimate scalable platform for optimized WAN application performance. It represents an all-in-one solution for extending monitoring, shaping, acceleration and compression as well as centralized reporting and management across the distributed enterprise. Key features include the ability to:
-Monitor 500+ applications with Layer 7 Plus network visibility.
-Shape traffic in real-time with flexible policy-based QoS control.
-Accelerate and compress applications for maximum performance.
-Deploy and control multiple units with centralized management and reporting.
Packeteer SkyX
When TCP protocol design limitations, high latency and lost packets threaten application connection speed, SkyX Accelerator ramps flow, fully utilizes links and keeps data moving along. This might typically be of concern over high latency satellite links. Key features include the ability to:
-Accelerate file transfers, large and small.
-Speed XML and HTTP sessions, disaster recovery, database sync and backups.
-Optimize application performance over high-latency and satellite links.
-Maximize bandwidth utilization and ROI.
-Minimize retransmission and recover more quickly from errors.
typical uses
Maximising Performance across the WAN
Stop the endless cycle of bandwidth upgrades. PacketShaper maximizes application throughput across your existing network infrastructure, with fewer performance-related complaints and a higher Quality of Service (QoS) for all networked users.
Capitalising on Server Consolidation
Consolidating servers from remote sites to centralized data centers makes sense, yet the additional traffic loads require accurate classification, monitoring and shaping before any benefits can be realised. PacketShaper identifies and controls common traffic (including CIFS, VoIP, CRM, Web and P2P) while also tracking Microsoft's underlying CIFS changes in R2.
Realising True QoS for IP Telephony and VoIP
IP Telephony (IPT) and Voice/Video over IP (VoIP) implementations vary between an enterprise and its employees, impacting each network differently. Successful deployment hinges on guaranteed bandwidth and QoS, as well as fitting more calls onto a limited WAN resource. PacketShaper effectively manages critical IPT protocols, delivering WAN capacity and true QoS functionality to ensure the highest quality end-to-end communication for each call.
Delivering and Extending on the MPLS Promise
MPLS and IP VPNs are useful for connecting distributed locations, but benefits can’t be realized if applications are oversubscribed, traffic stalls in bottlenecks and critical applications are improperly assigned to best-effort classes. PacketShaper makes good on the MPLS promise, assessing performance and identifying and marking application traffic with special handling needs so traffic can move smoothly to the enterprise edge.
Enhancing Network Security
Internal threats from worm infections, unsanctioned recreational traffic and rogue servers can severely impact network capacity and bring down critical applications. PacketShaper helps identify infected PCs and unsanctioned traffic as well as protect performance of key applications and the network during attack; all while delivering hard ROI from bandwidth savings, increased WAN capacity and accelerated application performance.
cetus' experience
Cetus have years of experience in deploying Packeteer solutions to clients. Typically, Packeter is used when quality of service across wide area connections is paramount, and the ability to guarantee remote end-users’ access experience is essential, irrespective of the connection medium.
We have also deployed Packeteer within clients’ organisation in order to ensure that inappropriate internet usage does not negatively impact on business critical applications.