What is an Intel® NetStructure™ Cache
Appliance?
Internet users request billions of documents each day all over the world. Unfortunately, global data networking has become difficult for professionals as they struggle with overloaded servers trying to keep pace with society’s growing data demands.
The Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance family provides you with a turnkey, scalable solution you can place in your network to deliver
Why use this caching appliance?
Caching can significantly reduce pressure on busy networks and servers by storing copies of popular documents near their users. Instead of making multiple requests for the same document across congested networks to overloaded servers, users access copies from the caching appliance’s large, fast local cache. This reduces backbone congestion, provides faster response, and improves the quality of service.
The following design features make the Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance a
✔Speed (the ability to handle thousands of simultaneous user connections)
✔Scalability (you can easily add nodes to a management cluster as needed)
✔Fault tolerance (redundant boot images)
✔Secure
See Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance features‚ on page 3 for more information about these features.
Flexible cache architecture
You can use the appliance alone or with other enterprise software, including other caching products. Here are some examples of ways to use the appliance.
Web proxy cache
User requests go to the appliance on the way to the destined web server. If the cache contains the requested document, the appliance serves the requested document directly. If the cache does not have the desired document, the appliance acts as a proxy, fetching the document from the web server on the user’s behalf, and keeps a copy to satisfy future requests.
2Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance Administrator’s Guide
