we use cisco WAAS boxes now in all our locations, but we still have servers in the locations due to ad authentication issues, i heard rumors that a new software release will run a virtual machine with dc functionality. Printing is supported by the box, handeld by CUPS. Performance is great, allthough it really depends on the application you run, and the amount of data your talking about. As compared, money wise, against a server, a decent server will win against a comparable waas box, so if its not political issues against a server in your location then go for a server in you location.
Through the company that we buy our cisco equipment from, it was very easy to get a testsetup to do a pilot in one of our locations to get a feeling on performance gains using our applications.
If there is a dc in your location (or when the waas box does the dc functiality itself) you'd still have access to your central fileservers when the wan goes down, any other centrally offered services arent cachable.
just my 2 cents..
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we use cisco WAAS boxes now in all our locations, but we still have servers in the locations due to ad authentication issues, i heard rumors that a new software release will run a virtual machine with dc functionality. Printing is supported by the box, handeld by CUPS. Performance is great, allthough it really depends on the application you run, and the amount of data your talking about. As compared, money wise, against a server, a decent server will win against a comparable waas box, so if its not political issues against a server in your location then go for a server in you location. Through the company that we buy our cisco equipment from, it was very easy to get a testsetup to do a pilot in one of our locations to get a feeling on performance gains using our applications. If there is a dc in your location (or when the waas box does the dc functiality itself) you'd still have access to your central fileservers when the wan goes down, any other centrally offered services arent cachable. just my 2 cents ..