A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Index
A
-
- access controls
- blocking Web sites
- controlling NetCache access by IP address
- NetCache feature described
- with NetCache takeover
- ad insertion
- ICAP scenario with
- ICAP service described
- Apple corporation, QuickTime
- NetCache support for
- Application layer, and L7 switches
- articles (news)
- caching of
- how a news server obtains
- how the news cache obtains
- message ID for
- audio, bandwidth use
- authentication
- firewall and NetCache
- with LDAP server
- with NTLM
- with RADIUS server
- IP-based, caution
- NetCache feature described
- news caching
- streaming media caching
- with NetCache takeover
- authoritative DNS nameserver
- defined
- interaction with GRM server
- automatic proxy configuration file
- advantages of
- browsers that support
- described
- disadvantages of
- examples
- failover capabilities
- advantages of
- setting up
- file location
- how requests are distributed
- setting up request distribution
- use with GRM
- when not to use
B
- back-channel multicast
- defined
- NetCache support for
- back-end DNS nameserver
- defined
- bandwidth
- savings with proxy-cache servers
- with news caching
- amount required for
- saving bandwidth
- usage scenario
- with streaming media caching
- between clients and cache
- effect on quality
- object delivery over
- saving bandwidth
- use, high
- with Web caching
- object delivery over
- saving bandwidth
- bandwidth allocation feature
- described
- use with ContentDirector
- bCandid software, supported by NetCache
- bit rates
- client changing request for stream
- compared to delivery bit rate
- encoding in a media stream
- estimating size for pushed content
- browsers
- configuring to point to NetCache
- supported by NetCache
- supporting an automatic proxy configuration file
C
- cache
- defined
- how populated
- Cache Array Protocol (CARP)
- cache hit, defined
- cache miss, defined
-
- CDNs
- benefit of multicast
- defined
- requirements
- CIDR, defined
- client access to a NetCache appliance
- direct (nontransparent)
- automatic proxy configuration file
- DNS round robin with
- methods for
- pointing browsers to
- request distribution with
- SLB with
- streaming media cache
- DNS cache, with transparent proxying
- global request routing (GRM)
- news cache
- transparent proxying
- strategies for
- summary
- streaming accelerator
- controlling by IP address
- with DNS
- streaming media cache
- nontransparent methods
- pre-WMP 7.0 media player
- transparent proxying
- transparent proxying
- DNS cache
- news cache
- streaming accelerator
- streaming media cache
- Web accelerator
- Web cache
- Web accelerator
- controlling by IP address
- with DNS
- Web cache
- transparent proxying
- client access to a Windows Media server
- nontransparent method
- cluster
- defined
- failover in
- request distribution among caches
- connections
- how a news cache decreases
- number a news cache supports
- number a news server supports
- persistent
- streaming media
- described
- effect of cache failure on
- HTTP for
- to server
- Web server
- contrast with streaming media
- content
- pushing to NetCache appliances
- serving in remote locations
- importance of
-
- content delivery
- center to network edge
- populating a cache
- pushing content
- benefits
- type of streaming media
-
- content filtering
- ICAP scenario
- ICAP service described
- SmartFilter
- WebWasher DynaBLocator
- content provider
- controlling content for
- defined
- content pushing
- benefits
- cache storage requirements
- considerations
- available disk space
- bandwidth
- line speed
- object duplication
- pushing data as a unit
- what content to push
- ContentDirector
- and GRM
- described
- features
- locked content
- defined
- on disk, implications
- reasons for
- streaming media
- quality impact
- scenario
- use of ContentReporter reports with
- ContentDirector
-
- agent on NetCache appliances
- bandwidth allocation
- components
- content distribution groups
- core application
- deployment considerations
- described
- features
- Group Leader, what it runs on
- Group Member, what it runs on
- management console
- user rights
- multicast with
- considerations
- pushing content to GRM caches
- server
- described
- use with GRM
- ContentDirector Agent
- Group Leader
- considerations for
- described
- Group Member
- considerations for
- described
- roles in content delivery
- ContentReporter
- report use for content pushing
- cookies
- defined
- problems with DNS round robin
- setting up switch to bypass cache
D
- deployment considerations
- deployment examples
- Data Center
- DNS cache
- enterprise environment
- firewalls
- accessing Web server outside
- NetCache inside multiple firewalls
- NetCache inside nontransparent firewall
- NetCache inside transparent firewall
- NetCache parallel to
- using NetCache with
- global carrier and ISP
- GRM
- high latency links
- ISP
- NetCache takeover pairs
- Network Hub
- news caching
- ISP Data Center and POPs
- routing
- incoming traffic over multiple links
- outgoing traffic over multiple links
- SLB and NetCache
- streaming accelerator
- streaming media
- with cache prefill
- with enterprise
- with ISP
- with Windows Media server
- transparent proxying
- DNS proxy cache
- failover to the Web
- global carrier and ISP
- multiple NetCache appliances
- POP and Data Center
- streaming media and news caches
- streaming media cache
- Web accelerator
- Web caching
- over satelitte links
- deployment planning
- defining goals
- describe environment
- Diablo software, supported by NetCache
- disk space
- how NetCache appliance frees it
- how NetCache stores objects
- DNS
- client access to accelerators
- contrast standard with GRM routing
- defined
- how standard DNS works
- purpose of
- requests, transparent proxying with
- supported by NetCache
- traffic
- how a switch handles
- how a WCCP router handles
- DNS cache
- deployment example
- nontransparent proxying
- transparent proxying
- DNS nameserver
- authoritative
- in standard DNS routing
- limitations of
- DNS round robin
- advantages
- described
- disadvantages
- load balancing
- setting up
- streaming accelerators
- NetCache takeover pairs with
- Web accelerators
- NetCache takeover pairs with
- DNS routing, GRM use of
-
- DynaBLocator, NetCache feature described
E
- edge caches, defined
- edge groups, defined
- electronic commerce sites
- caution with transparent proxying
- enterprise environment
- Web caching deployment example
- error messages
- 400 service discontinued
F
- failover
- automatic proxy configuration file
- defined
- in a NetCache logical cluster
- NetCache takeover pairs
- described
- interface requirements
- news cache
- when possible to Reader server
- streaming media cache
- strategies for
- streams being delivered
- when possible to streaming server
- transparent proxying
- failover to the Web
- switch failover pair
- with a switch
- Web cache
- Feeder server
- definition of
- illustration of
- Feeder server, defined
- firewalls
- accessing Web server outside of
- authentication
- Kerberos machine inside of
- Kerberos machine outside of
- LDAP server inside of
- LDAP server outside of
- NTLM machine inside of
- NTLM machine outside of
- RADIUS server inside of
- RADIUS server outside of
- defined
- multicast support requirements
- NetCache deployment with
- NetCache inside of
- multiple
- nontransparent firewall
- transparent firewall
- NetCache parallel to
- nontransparent, defined
- security and NetCache appliances
- streaming media through
- transparent, defined
- forward proxy
- defined
- request distribution with
- switch
- WCCP router
- FQDN, defined
- FTP
- defined
- requests
- over HTTP
- transparent proxying with
- supported by NetCache
- traffic
- how a switch handles
- how a WCCP router handles
G
- global carrier deployment example
-
- Gopher
- defined
- supported by NetCache
- GRM
- center caches, defined
- center groups, defined
- components
- content handled
- ContentDirector with
- deployment examples
- enterprise
- telco
- deployment planning
- determining if it is the right solution
- edge caches, defined
- edge groups, defined
- GRM agent caches
- defined
- GRM DNS servers
- defined
- when to use
- GRM L7 servers
- defined
- methods for directing requests to
- when to use
- GRM servers
- defined
- types
- how standard DNS resolution works
- integration with NetApp products
- licensing requirements
- overview of
- redirection methods
- versus transparent proxying
- advantage
- with distributed enterprises
- GRM agent caches
- defined
- GRM routing
- contrast with DNS routing
- GRM servers
- defined
- IP address
- of authoritative DNS nameserver
- types
- guidelines for
- Group Leader
-
- Group Member
-
H
- hierarchy
- cluster
- as a parent
- defined
- example, ISP
- description of
- ensuring requests go through the firewall
- planning
- high bandwith links, deployment example
- high latency links, deployment example
- hit rate
- request distribution
- accelerator
- switch
- WCCP router
- with an accelerator
- HTTP
- content, estimating object size
- requests, transparent proxying with
- supported by NetCache
- traffic
- how a switch handles
- how a WCCP router handles
- how firewalls handle
- HTTP encapsulation
- client side
- server side
- with accelerators
- HTTPS, defined
I
- ICAP
- benefits of
- cost of adding to network
- defined
- deployment planning tasks
- failover
- planning for
- feature summary
- industry information about
- issues for
- location of devices
- NetCache appliances
- location of
- network type for
- security
- planning for
- recommendations
- risks with
- servers, ICAP
- location of
- NetCache interaction with
- planning for
- services
- ad insertion, described
- content filtering, described
- content filtering, scenario
- distributing
- examples
- language translation, described
- language translation, scenario
- multiple, for same content
- planning for
- translation for device display
- virus scanning, described
- virus scanning, process example
- virus scanning, scenario
- when invoked
- SSL, no services with
- traffic resulting from
- vectoring points
- request modification
- response modification
- response modification example
- usage examples
- version
- supported by NetCache
-
-
- ICP, defined
- INN software, supported by NetCache
-
- Internet Explorer, use with NetCache
- IP address hashing
- switch
- WCCP router
- IP addresses
- access controls for accelerator
- authoritative DNS nameserver
- to GRM server
- defined
- streaming accelerator
- aliases for
- setting up DNS
- Web accelerator
- aliases for
- setting up DNS
- IP spoofing
- benefits
- defined
- for IP-based authenticated sites
- symmetric routing and
-
- IP-based authentication Web sites
- caution with transparent proxying
- configure router to bypass NetCache
- configure switch to bypass NetCache
- ISP
- deployment example
- streaming media service
- when not to use automatic proxy configuration file
K
- Kerberos authentication protocol
L
- language translation
- ICAP scenario with
- ICAP service described
- LDAP server
- authentication
- for news service
- NetCache takeover and
- when a firewall exists
- defined
- NetCache access when a firewall exists
- license
- for GRM
- for news caching feature
- for streaming media feature
-
- live media streams
- defined
- how NetCache handles
- multicast
- unicast
- NetCache splitting of
- NetCache support for
- path NetCache takes
- typical client-server model
- load balancing
- DNS round robin
- over NetCache network interfaces
- SLB, described
- load balancing router, defined
- logs, NetCache feature described
- L4 or L7 switch
- advantages of using
- key features for
- location in relation to clients
- location in relation to NetCache
- news cache
- number needed
- performance comparison
- port redirection
- redirecting traffic to NetCache
- relationship to OSI model
- request distribution
- IP address hashing
- request distribution, IP address hashing
- streaming media cache
- traffic to redirect
- use with accelerators
- L4 switch
- how it operates
- relationship to OSI model
- versus GRM
- versus L7 switch
- L7 redirection with GRM
- L7 switch
- how it operates
- noncacheable objects
- setting up switch to bypass NetCache
- noncacheable objects, bypassing cache
- relationship to OSI model
- request distribution by URL
- versus L4 switch
M
- media players
- interaction with NetCache
- supported by NetCache
- traffic redirection with HTTP only setting
- media streams
- encoded at different bit rates
- handled by NetCache
- live
- how NetCache handles
- how NetCache handles multicast
- how NetCache handles unicast
- typical client-server model
- on-demand
- how NetCache handles
- message ID for an article
- Microsoft Internet Explorer, use with NetCache
-
- MMS
- directing streams to NetCache
- license for feature
- NetCache support for
- requests, transparent proxying of
-
- traffic
- how a switch handles
- how a WCCP router handles
- multicast
- back-channel, NetCache support for
- benefits
- defined
- deployment considerations
- device requirements
- features of
- firewall support for
- how NetCache handles
- how switches handle
- limitations
- NetCache conversion from unicast
- organizations that benefit from
- scalable, NetCache support for
- scenario
- CDN
- enterprise
- satellite link
- settings according to client activity
- settings according to client location
- types NetCache supports
- when NetCache uses
- with ContentDirector
- considerations
- multicast input, defined
- multicast output, defined
- multicast-enabled routers
- traffic handled
- multiple bit rates
- encoding in a media stream
N
- NAP, defined
- NetCache appliance
- as a news cache
- overview
- as a streaming accelerator
- overview
- as a streaming media cache
- overview
- as a Web accelerator
- overview
- as a Web cache
- overview
- how it frees disk space
- in a GRM deployment
- modes of operation
- services provided to network clients
- Web browsers to use with
- NetCache features
- NetCache takeover pairs
- adding network fault tolerance
- automatic proxy configuration file, with
- described
- interface requirements
- use with transparent proxying
- when feature is useful
- NetCache user database
- authentication when a firewall exists
- NetNews software, supported by NetCache
- Netscape Navigator, use with NetCache
- Network Hub, deployment example
-
- network routing flap
- defined
- effect on transparent proxying
- network topology
- ContentDirector deployment issues
- news cache
- authentication with
- avoid chains of
- bandwidth savings with
- bandwidth usage scenario
- benefits of deploying
- caching articles
- client types NetCache supports
- communication with news server
- connects to one news server only
- cost to process requests
- defined
- deployment considerations
- client access to
- efficiency of versus news server
- failover
- available strategies
- when possible to Reader server
- how it gets news
- how many are needed
- keeping news fresh
- license for feature
- L4 switch with
- maximizing hit rate
- NetNews software, support for
- News Overview for article
- newsgroups, available
- overview
- quality of service
- Reader server
- relationship with a news server
- scalability
- transparent proxying with
- what it caches
- what it does not cache
- news caching
- cache-to-cache interaction
- when news server goes down
- news feeds, not accepted by NetCache
- news server
- components of
- cost to process requests
- effect of going down
- efficiency of versus news cache
- how it gets news
- Reader server component
- relationship with a news cache
- news storage device
- newsgroups
- availability of
- information about
- NNTP
- defined
- how a switch handles traffic
- how a WCCP router handles traffic
- NetCache support for
- news cache to news server communication
-
- NNTP-compliant clients
- supported by NetCache
- noncacheable objects
- bypassing NetCache for
- cached in Web cache
- fetching through a hierarchy
- L7 switch with
- nontransparent firewall
- defined
- NetCache deployed inside
- NTLM
- authentication protocol
- defined
O
- objects
- content pushing
- estimating HTTP object size
- estimating streaming object size
- hit rate with an accelerator
- noncacheable, switch bypasses NetCache
- streaming media
- how NetCache stores on disk
- on-demand media streams
- defined
- how NetCache handles
- NetCache support for
-
- OSI model
P
- persistent connections
- optimizing over satellite link
- planning for deployment
- defining goals
- describing environment
- PNA traffic
- policy routing
- defined
- splitting NetCache traffic over links
- policy-based routers
- setting up request distribution
- transparent proxying
- setting policy statements
- POP, defined
- prefilling a cache
- presentations, streaming media
- protocols supported by NetCache
- for streaming media
-
-
Q
- quality of service
- caching
- news caching
- streaming media
- relationship to bandwidth use
- quality of streaming media
- effect of closing firewall ports
- querying other caches for objects
- QuickTime player
- interaction with NetCache
- QuickTime, NetCache support for
R
- RADIUS server
- authentication for
- news service
- defined
- NetCache access when a firewall exists
- NetCache takeover and authentication
- Reader server
- definition of
- failover to, when it is possible
- protecting from overload
-
- RealNetworks, NetCache support for
- RealPlayer media player
- interaction with NetCache
- RealSystem, NetCache support for
- redirection methods with GRM
- redundancy
- news deployment
- providing with switches
-
- request distribution
- automatic proxy configuration file
- NetCache hierarchy
- cluster, defined
- use for
- news caching
- over firewalls
- policy-based routers
- SLB
- switches
- hashing function
- hit rate
- methods available
- on URL
- transparent proxying
- switch
- WCCP router
- WCCP routers
- hashing function
- hit rate
- methods available
- weighting
- request forwarding
- uses
-
- request routing
- with GRM
- with L4 switches
-
- reverse proxy
- defined
- request distribution with
-
-
- routing
- overview of GRM
- with GRM
- routing deployment examples
- incoming traffic over multiple links
- outgoing traffic over multiple links
- routing flaps
- defined
- effect on transparent proxying
- routing policies, defined
- RTCP, defined
- RTSP
- defined
- directing streams to NetCache
- how a switch handles traffic
- how a WCCP router handles traffic
- license for feature
- NetCache support for
- requests, transparent proxying of
-
S
- satellite link
- NetCache multicast support for
- scenario showing
- scalability
- NetCache and streaming media
- news cache
- scalable multicast
- defined
- support by NetCache
- Secure Sockets Layer
- defined
- no ICAP services with transactions
- supported by NetCache
- SecureAdmin feature
- security
- firewall and NetCache authentication
- ICAP
- requirements
- risks
- NetCache feature described
- SecureAdmin feature
-
-
- single-mode virtual interface
- SLB
- advantages
- defined
- disadvantages
- how to deploy
- using to avoid browser reconfiguration
- SmartFilter
- NetCache feature described
- speed of response, improving with caching
- splitting, defined
-
- stealth mode, with transparent proxying
- stream splitting by NetCache
- stream upgrade requests
- streaming accelerator
- advantages of
- assigning multiple IP addresses to
- client access to
- DNS
- transparent proxying
- described
- hit rate
- L4 or L7 switch with
- optimizing
- NetCache takeover pairs with
- overview
- request distribution
- switch
- WCCP router
- scenarios
- limited access from a partner
- multiple
- multiple accelerators
- multiple streaming servers
- single accelerator outside firewall
- WCCP router with
- optimizing
- what it caches
- streaming media
- audio, bandwidth use
- bandwidth
- contrasted with Web objects
- duration of connections
- savings
- use, between cache and server
- use, between clients and cache
- use, defining goals
- use, effect on quality
- benefits of NetCache for
- bit rates
- advantages of multiple
- compared to delivery bit rate
- encoding in a media stream
- compared to Web files
- content pushing
- quality improvement
- defined
- delivery methods
- supported by NetCache
- encoded at different bit rates
- estimating object size
- handling in typical client-server model
- how it is cached
- live media streams
- how NetCache handles multicast
- how NetCache handles unicast
- how NetCache handles, overview
- NetCache connection to origin server
- NetCache delivery to clients
- network conditions
- number of NetCache appliances for
- on-demand media streams
- port redirection
- prefillling the cache
- presentations, defined
- pushing content, benefits
- quality
- effect of closing firewall ports
- stream spilitting by NetCache
- stream upgrade requests
- streams with multiple bit rates
- thinning, defined
- through firewalls
- transmission methods
- unicast versus multicast
- unique stream
- characteristics of
- defined
- how NetCache handles
- streaming media cache
- as a streaming accelerator also
- authentication
- benefits of
- client access to
- transparent proxying
- Windows Media metafile rewriting
- connections
- described
- effect of cache failure on
- dedicate NetCache appliance for
- defined
- deployment considerations
- scalability
- deployment example
- deployment scenarios
- enterprise
- ISP
- multicast for CDN
- multicast in an enterprise
- multicast over satellite link
- with Windows Media server
- eliminate need for new streaming server
- failover
- strategies for
- streams being delivered
- firewalls, NetCache configuration for
- how many you need
- license for feature
- live media streams
- path NetCache takes
- logging connection data
- L4 switch with
- media players
- set to HTTP only
- supported
- MMS
- directing streams to
- NetCache support for
- multicast
- settings by client activity
- settings by client location
- when NetCache uses
- NetCache configured as
- on-demand media streams
- path NetCache takes
- providing access to
- pushing content, benefits
- QuickTime, NetCache support for
- redirect HTTP traffic to
- role with authentication
- RTSP
- directing streams to
- NetCache support for
- RealSystem supported
- TCP and quality
- TCP support
- transparent proxying with
- UDP and quality
- UDP support
- unicast
- transports for
- when NetCache uses
- WCCP router with
- load balancing over NetCache interfaces
- streaming server
- failover to, when it is possible
- stream, defined
- stream, unique, defined
-
T
- takeover (NetCache)
- connection recommendation
- described
- networks feature supports
- not applicable to news cache
- takeover pairs
- TCP
- and streaming media quality
- connections
- optimizing over satellite link
- large windows
- using to achieve higher throughput
- support for streaming media
- transmission, optimizing
- thinning, defined
- throughput, increasing over satellite links
- Time To Live
- what happens when it expires
- traffic loops
- avoiding when using an L4 or L7 switch
- transmission methods
- streaming media
- multicast
- unicast
- transparent firewall
- defined
- NetCache deployed with
- transparent proxying
- access to
- accelerators
- DNS cache
- news cache
- streaming media cache
- Web cache
- caution for electronic commerce sites
- defined
- devices to deploy with
- drawbacks
- error messages
- examples of deployments
- combination Web and news cache
- multiple NetCache appliances
- news cache
- one NetCache appliance
- POP and Data Center
- WCCP routers
- failover
- how it works
- IP spoofing, benefits
- load balancing
- over NetCache network interfaces
-
-
- overview
- policy-based routers
- methods
- performance impact
- request distribution
- requirements for
- stealth mode
- traffic loops
- versus GRM
- WCCP routers
- Transport layer, and L4 switches
-
- tunnel (SSL), supported by NetCache
- Typhoon software, supported by NetCache
U
- UDP
- and streaming media quality
- defined
- support for streaming media
- uncacheable objects
- fetching through a hierarchy
- L7 switch with
- unicast
- defined
- described
- features of
- how NetCache handles
- NetCache conversion to multicast
- transports for
- when NetCache uses
-
- unique stream
- defined
- how NetCache handles live
- upgrade requests for streaming media
- URL, defined
- user rights with ContentDirector
V
-
- vectoring points, ICAP
- video on-demand, defined
- virtual interfaces, single-mode
- virus scanning
- ICAP scenario with
- ICAP service described
W
- WCCP
- defined
- IOS images it runs with
- IP spoofing for
- protocol available for
- version NetCache supports
- WCCP routers
- connection to NetCache appliance
- defined
- deploying transparent proxying with
- deployment examples
- failover
- load balancing over NetCache interfaces
- location in relation to clients
- NetCache load redirection
- number in a service group
- port redirection
- redirecting traffic to NetCache
- request distribution
- IP address hashing
-
- streaming media cache
- traffic to redirect to
- weighting distribution
- with accelerators
- WCCP service groups
- defined
- effect on request distribution
- number of proxy-cache servers in
- number of routers in
- planning for
- Web accelerator
- advantages of
- assigning multiple IP addresses to
- client access to
- DNS
- transparent proxying
- defined
- described
- hit rate
- L4 or L7 switch with
- multiple Web servers, single accelerator
- naming the Web accelerator
- naming the Web server
- NetCache takeover pairs with
- overview
- request distribution
- switch
- WCCP router
- scenarios
- distributing requests over
- historical performance site
- limited access from a partner
- multiple NetCache appliances, single Web server
- single accelerator outside firewall
- WCCP router with
- Web browsers
- types supported
- use with NetCache
- Web cache
- advantages of
- as a Web accelerator also
- bandwidth savings
- blocking access to Web sites
- defined
- deployment considerations
- client access to
- how many you need
- when behind a firewall
- deployment scenarios
- L4 switch with
- L7 switch for
- optimizing Web site for caching
- protocols it handles
- quality of service
- traffic
- how a switch handles
- how a WCCP router handles
- what is cached
-
- WebWasher DynaBLocator
- NetCache feature described
- Windows Media metafile rewriting
- Windows Media Player 7
- interaction with NetCache
- Windows Media server
- deployment example
- streaming media service
- nontransparent client access method for
- wireless markup language
- ICAP service for, described
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