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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Benefits
The WFS Acceleration service provides the following benefits:
• Increased data transfer speeds
• Low latency
• Advanced data security
How Does Windows File Sharing Acceleration Work?
WFS Acceleration reduces overall network congestion with techniques such as data
compression and storing recurrent data patterns in a local cache. When a SonicWALL WXA
series appliance is connected to a SonicWALL NSA or TZ security appliance and WFS
Acceleration is enabled, traffic passing through the WAN travels between points with speeds
similar to a LAN connection. Refer to “Configuring WAN Acceleration” section on page 1309 for
details on how to configure WFS Acceleration on SonicWALL security appliances.
Figure 3 SonicWALL WXA Connection for WFS Acceleration
The SonicWALL WXA series appliance allows the user to reach such speeds because WFS
Acceleration is implemented between the two devices. This is how it works:
Step 1 The SonicWALL WXA series appliances join the data center domain.
This step allows the WXA series appliances
to talk to each other.
Step 2 A hostname is assigned to each SonicWALL WXA series appliance.
This step allows the two hostnames to
be accessible across the domain.