SteelHeadā„¢ Deployment Guide - Protocols : HTTP Optimization : HTTP Settings for Common Applications
  
HTTP Settings for Common Applications
Riverbed recommends that you test the HTTP optimization module in a real production environment. To manually configure HTTP applications, the following table shows the recommended settings for common enterprise applications.
 
Application
URL Learning
Parse and Prefetch
OPT
SAP/Netweaver
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft CRM
Yes
No
Yes
Agile
No
No
Yes
Pivotal CRM
No
Yes
Yes
SharePoint
No
Yes
Yes
As discussed in Primary Content Optimization Methods, URL Learning accelerates environments with static URLs and content, Parse and Prefetch accelerates environments with dynamic content, and OPT saves round trips across the WAN, and reduces WAN bandwidth consumption.