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Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)

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What is Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)?

Silver Peak's WAN Optimization brand and appliances were discontinued after the company's acquisition in 2020 by HPE. Similar capabilities are supplied now under HPE's Aruba brand.

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Reviews

What users are saying about Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued).
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SP helps you optimized your WAN

Incentivized
pablo baylac
managing director latam in Sales at expereo (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • WAN Acceleration.
  • Improves application performance.
  • Reduce bandwidth costs.

Cons

  • Logistics worldwide.

Return on Investment

  • Positive.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco SD-WAN, powered by Viptela, Cisco Meraki MS Switches, VeloCloud and by VMware

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki Go, Cisco SD-WAN, powered by Viptela, VeloCloud, by VMware

Silver Peak success story

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have two locations and Silver Peak is used to provide SD-WAN services between the two locations. IT department is the main use case, and it is used across the entire organization. We have no other SD-WAN solutions. We used to have an MPLS circuit and a site to site VPN and two separate routers to allow connection. Silver Peak VX allowed us to save money by getting rid of the MPLS.

Pros

  • Great support
  • Software based, not a hardware company
  • Easy to get going
  • Great charts and meta data about traffic

Cons

  • Managing more and more routers can add complexity with templates.
  • Documentation around internal routing protocol they use is confusing.
  • Boost add-on was oversold by pre-sales team and not helpful during testing.

Return on Investment

  • Able to get rid of MPLS
  • No more router hardware costs
  • Able to use both WAN links instead of one being only failover

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Other Software Used

WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product, Cisco Meraki MS, Cisco Meraki MR