Section B: Types of deployments with a GRM L7 server

When GRM L7 servers are used  

For organizations whose networks span countries or continents, GRM L7 deployments provide a way of redirecting client requests to caches truly close to those clients. This is not always possible when only DNS is used. The reason is that when DNS is used, proximity is measured in relation to the client's local DNS nameserver. In some organizations, however, the local DNS nameserver is far from clients it serves.

Topics in this section  

This section describes several types of GRM L7 server deployments and the advantages and disadvantages of the different deployments. This section contains the following topics:

• Requirement for directing client requests to a GRM L7 server
• Using a DNS nameserver to locate a GRM L7 server
• Using a GRM DNS server to locate a GRM L7 server
• Using the network infrastructure to locate a GRM L7 server
• Using a proxy.pac file with a GRM L7 server

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