Go Mobile with your Projects: Using Riverbed
technology for remote collaboration.
Mark R. Schlicher
Partner, Collaboration Systems Group
734-316-2725. Mark.Schlicher@cs-grp.net
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Using Riverbed for remote acceleration
Definition of the problem: Slow VPN connections
How does Riverbed technology help?
File-centric vs Model-centric (AutoCAD vs Revit workflows)
CSG BIMcloud: Host your model on our cloud server
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HQ Data Center
Project Files
CAD
Docs
Etc.
I/WAN/VPN
Remote Offices
Mobile Employees
Branch Office
www.cs-grp.net
www.riverbed.com
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Email
Data
64k
1mb
Riverbed
LAN switch
Data
Email
Riverbed
T1 /MPLS/VPN
Router
Data
Router
Email
LAN switch
Data Center
Branch Office
• Typical TCP packet (no WAN accelerators)
• TCP Packet Compression (with WAN accelerators)
• Scalable Data Referencing
• Transaction Prediction
www.cs-grp.net
www.riverbed.com
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Server
CAD
Client
CAD
Client
Data Store
T1 / MPLS
router
CAD
Client
Remote
Employee
router
Remote Office
Doc. Mgmt
Project
Data
CAD
Client
Internet
router
Project Partner
LAN switch
servers
router
CAD
Client
firewall
firewall
Project Partner
Collaboration
Portal
C
users
• We started with a Local Area Network (LAN)
• We grew into a Wide Area Network (WAN) as additional office’s were added
•With the use of the internet we try to collaborate with remote users and partners
•We look to centrally host a project but access it with CAD clients distributed throughout
• We employed portals like “Buzzsaw” to ease our ability to share information with the team
• Project data was posted and distributed to the team
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www.riverbed.com
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Server
CAD
Client
C
CAD
Client
C
Data Store
T1 / MPLS
router
Remote
Employee
CAD
Client
router
Remote Office
C
Doc. Mgmt
Project Partner
firewall
LAN switch
servers
router
C
C
Internet
router
CAD
Client
CAD
Client
firewall
Project Partner
Project
Data
Collaboration
Portal
• Slow transfer time for often very large files
• Change by team members are only available after project is re-synced to portal
•Project data needs to be re-synced with project owner to be backed up
• Design problems are often unable to be detected until the project has been re-synced
• These portal exist outside the document management solution
• These challenges prevent “True Collaboration”
users
www.cs-grp.net
www.riverbed.com
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Server
CAD
Client
CAD
Client
Riverbed
CAD
Client
Data Store
T1 / MPLS
router
router
Remote Office
Remote
Employee
SMC
Doc. Mgmt
Project
Data
CAD
Client
Internet
router
Project Partner
Riverbed
LAN switch
servers
router
CAD
Client
firewall
firewall
Riverbed
Project Partner
Collaboration
Portal
users
• With the addition of Riverbed WAN accelerators
• Remote office servers and collaboration portals can be removed
• Partners and remote employees brought in by VPN client receive a Riverbed Mobile client
• Mobile client receive a license to “peer” with a Riverbed device
• The mobile clients and other Riverbed device “peer” and begin to optimize traffic
• Project data is hosted and controlled by the project owner
• Distributed CAD clients access the project in “real time”
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Remote Office
same domain
router
T1 / MPLS
SMC
Remote Project
member
Internet
VPN connections
Partner firm
Different domain
router
firewall
Revit
UsersLAN
router
firewall
www.cs-grp.net
www.riverbed.com
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•Model hosted on CSG Server
•Nothing to Purchase-monthly subscription
•Don’t guess…..we’ll prove it !
•NOTE: Nothing about this solution set is
proprietary. We make no changes to how you use
Revit.
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Your Office
SMC
firewall
router
Remote Project
member
Internet
VPN connections
Partner firm
router
CSG
Hosting
Service
firewall
firewall
www.cs-grp.net
www.riverbed.com
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•Designed for two companies working together
•3 Steelhead Mobile clients for each company
•$175 per month/each company
•$145 one time setup fee for each user
• VPN client installed on each workstation/laptop
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