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Data Sheet

Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine
Product Overview
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The Cisco Wide Area Application Virtualization Engine (WAVE) product line consists of cost-effective, cloudready, video-enabled solutions for the branch office and the data center (Figure 1). With the industry's broadest
product portfolio and flexible deployment models, Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) cost-effectively
addresses the WAN optimization needs of small, medium-sized, and large customers.
Figure 1.

Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engines

Cisco WAVE Appliances for Branch-Office and Core Deployments
In Cisco WAAS Software Release 5.2 and later, the Cisco WAVE 294, 594, and 8541 can optionally be equipped
with solid-state drives (SSDs). SSDs provide more reliable storage than existing hard disk drives (HDDs). Table 1
lists the supported SSD sizes for these platforms.
Table 1.

Cisco WAVE Platforms That Support SSDs with Cisco WAAS 5.2 and Later

Appliance Part Number

Media Description

Quantity of Per Appliance

WAVE-294-K9

200-GB HDD

1

WAVE-294-SSD-K9

200-GB SSD

1

WAVE-594-K9

500-GB HDD or 400-GB SSD

1 or 2 (optional)

WAVE-8541-K9

600-GB HDD or 600-GB SSD

8

For more information, refer to the hardware specifications in Table 3 later in this document.
Benefits include the following:
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Improve employee productivity by enhancing the user experience for important business applications
delivered over the WAN.

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Reduce the cost of branch-office operations by centralizing IT resources in the data center and lowering
the cost of WAN bandwidth and by hosting Microsoft Windows applications on the Cisco WAVE branchoffice appliance.

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Deliver enterprise-class video while reducing WAN bandwidth consumption with the Cisco WAAS video
application optimizer or hosted Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) virtual blade.

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