Winning With BIG-IP WAN Optimization Manager v11
F5 Product News - 22/12/2011
With the launch of a series of new packaging options for WAN Optimization Manager (WOM) in BIG-IP v11.0, now is the time to discuss with your customers what F5's WAN optimisation solutions can do for them. Consider these key drivers and opportunities:
- Continued high throughput data replication requirements
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 momentum in 2012
- Flexible and cost effective WAN optimisation for virtualised data centres and cloud
Look for customers who need data replication of large datasets: Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG), NetApp SnapMirror, Dell EqualLogic, Oracle Database, or Long Distance vMotion.

Several new features and enhancements have been added in WOM v11.0:
- Performance
o Hardware compression enhancements
o Symmetric adaptive compression
o Single connection compression improvement
o Packet loss improvements
o High throughput for DC-DC replication
o Solid State Drive support on BIG-IP 11000
- Useability and security
o Automatic subnet discovery
o Disk management and provisioning enhancement
o WAN optimisation over IPSec
o IPv6 support
With the choice of both physical and virtual standalones as well as integrated ADC solutions, we now offer even more flexible deployment options:
1. Standalones (WOM only, Hardware or Virtual Edition)
2. Add-on modules (WOM on LTM)
3. ADC bundles (LTM + WOM)
4. Access bundles (APM + WAM + WOM)

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