WIDE AREA FILE SERVICES (WAFS)
** Wide Area File Services (WAFS) projects go a long way towards cost reduction, simplification, continuity, and even regulatory compliance. However, simply removing the remote file servers and serving all files from the central server is almost certainly a plan for failure. In order to realize all of business benefits of WAFS, steps must be taken to deal with the WAN. File services using CIFS are particularly susceptible to latency, and compared to the LAN, the WAN will bring plenty of latency. Not only performance, but remote file servers often host other services necessary for the remote office. The cost savings of reclaiming remote file server hardware will not be possible if the hardware needs to continue supporting other local services. Complementing all of the other Compass technology, Expand's WAFS solution is a simple software upgrade plug-in available for any of the WAFS-Ready Accelerators. This combination of technology enables not just a file acceleration point solutio...