InfoLibria's Cache Engine Rescues ISPs

In selling the cache engine for its content delivery network, InfoLibria argues that if ISPs fail to embrace streaming media, carrier-agnostic service providers will provide services in which the ISP's only role is plumbing.

by ISP-Planet Staff [March 20, 2001]

InfoLibria's DynaCache Series 5 is a high-density single rack unit (1U) cache engine. The basic configuration has 512 MB of RAM, and is capable of performing up to 200 operations per second and maintaining up to 64,000 simultaneous connections.

The product is part of InfoLibria's content delivery network solution, which also includes InfoLibria's MediaMall and Content Commander.

Content delivery networks enable the efficient delivery of content by storing frequently requested content, such as graphics and text, at points along the edge of the network closest to end users.

As a result, requests for Web content can be fulfilled locally without having to travel to the origin server, dramatically reducing latency and improving performance.

The company says its product is designed for enterprises seeking to improve corporate network performance and bandwidth economics, and is scalable enough for service providers and satellite broadcasters developing next-generation content delivery networks.

"The DynaCache Series 5 underscores InfoLibria's commitment to offering more versatile caching and content delivery solutions—with improved performance in less physical space—to a wide variety of customers," said Mahmoud A. Wahba, CEO of AlphaStar International. "After a thorough evaluation of competitive offerings, we're impressed with the product's extensive management capabilities, high performance/price ratio, and its migration path to a streaming media delivery solution."

The DynaCache Series 5 supports the following standards: UL, ICP 2.0, WCCP 2.0, SSL, Squid Log, Calamaris, DOC, all versions of HTTP to date, FTP caching, CE, SNMP, DNS caching, CES-003, all browsers, SHH encryption, and VCCI.

In its white paper, Distributing Streaming Media, InfoLibria argues that Content Service Providers compete with broadband and backbone ISPs. "If you are a cable or a satellite service probider with pre-existing relationships with broadcasters, when your broadcast customers bring video and audio assets to the Internet, those assets will migrate into the domain of CSPs, relegating you to the realm of plumbing."

Price and availability
The DynaCache Series 5, with a list price of $7,495, is available immediately.

It comes in any of the following configurations: browser-proxy, Layer 4 switch transparent, in-line transparent (for connection to other InfoLibria products), and WCCP router transparent.

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