The product is a converged infrastructure solution, encompassing all branch services such as server, storage, networking, and WAN optimization. It is a dual-ended system that comprises two logical components: Edge and Core.

Core is located in the data center and mounts all logical unit numbers (LUNs) that need to be made available to applications and servers at a remote location from the back-end storage array. Core appliances communicate across the WAN with the Edge appliances at the branch.

Edge provides a high-performance environment that hosts the branch application servers. The Edge also provides network and optimization (depending on your order), and local direct-attached storage (DAS).

The product delivers local user performance while enabling data centralization, instant recovery, and lower total operating costs. Unlike traditional converged infrastructures, the product enables stateless branch services. You can access applications that run locally in your branch while the primary data is centralized in your data center. Decoupling computation from its underlying storage allows your applications to run in a stateless mode, which reduces your branch footprint and centralizes management of your branch services.

This diagram shows a typical product deployment.