Deployment Size's Impact on Defining Policies and Partitions

Whether you have a large deployment with dozens of PacketShapers or just one unit...
Whether each of your branches has its own PacketShaper or you manage multiple branches from just one main-site unit...
--->     You use the same methods to define policies and partitions to control application performance.

Methods of Handling Multiple Branches What Needs Doing
Select a Group and/or Unit Configuration within PolicyCenter Select the application's traffic class Define Policy or Partition for the Application's Traffic Class
Managing just one branch's traffic with one unit using an application-based traffic tree NA Yes Yes
Managing multiple branches from one main-site unit using the traffic tree type called:
Location-based tree with per-location applications
NA Yes: find the application's traffic class within the branch's classes Yes
Managing multiple branches from one main-site unit using the traffic tree type called:
Location-based tree with gloabal applications
NA Yes: find the application's traffic class at the bottom of the tree under all the locations' classes Yes
Using PolicyCenter for centralized management of multiple units Yes Yes Yes

 


        

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