It is not recommended to use the same Steelhead appliance to optimize both replication traffic and general user
traffic because:
A.
Replication traffic uses 16 KB blocks and causes fragmentation in the datastore
B.
User traffic may contain sensitive traffic and should not be mixed with other traffic
C.
Replication traffic may cause admission control therefore affecting user traffic
D.
The traffic pattern between the two types of traffic is generally very different and therefore the datastore may
wrap more quickly affecting performance