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Thank you gcoltharp for your suggestion. I have also asked some colleagues who are network engineers, and they also stated that the small gain, if any, in network performance would probably not be able to leverage the costly investment in WAN optimization software/hardware. <br />
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I will need to regroup with my staff and come up with a more immediate short term solution for our needs. <br />
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Thanks again!<br />
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-mm
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All, <br />
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We recently moved most of our production servers to a data center, and our WAN is connected via a private T1. We are experiencing quite a bit of lag during peak hours with our file sharing and exchange servers. We have approximately 20-30 users on the network at any given time. <br />
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Will our tiny T1 pipe benefit from costly WAN optimization solutions? If so, what are some suggestions for optimizing our WAN on a small business budget? I'm thinking no more than $5k. <br />
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Thanks for your time~!
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All, 

We recently moved most of our production servers to a data center, and our WAN is connected via a private T1. We are experiencing quite a bit of lag during peak hours with our file sharing and exchange servers. We have approximately 20-30 users on the network at any given time. 

Will our tiny T1 pipe benefit from costly WAN optimization solutions? If so, what are some suggestions for optimizing our WAN on a small business budget? I'm thinking no more than $5k. 

Thanks for your time~!

Thank you gcoltharp for your suggestion. I have also asked some colleagues who are network engineers, and they also stated that the small gain, if any, in network performance would probably not be able to leverage the costly investment in WAN optimization software/hardware. 

I will need to regroup with my staff and come up with a more immediate short term solution for our needs. 

Thanks again!

-mm

Will my T1 WAN connection benefit from WAN optimization?

All, 

We recently moved most of our production servers to a data center, and our WAN is connected via a private T1. We are experiencing quite a bit of lag during peak hours with our file sharing and exchange servers. We have approximately 20-30 users on the network at any given time. 

Will our tiny T1 pipe benefit from costly WAN optimization solutions? If so, what are some suggestions for optimizing our WAN on a small business budget? I&#39;m thinking no more than $5k. 

Thanks for your time~!

Network analysis is the process of identifying and remediating the processes and systems within a network, including performance, connectivity and security. The process is performed through the use of tools developed for monitoring and analyzing network activity. Network problems that involve finding an optimal way of doing something are studied under the name combinatorial optimization. Examples include network flow, shortest path problem, transport problem, transshipment problem, location problem, matching problem, assignment problem, packing problem, routing problem, Critical Path Analysis and PERT (Program Evaluation & Review Technique).