Cachemara Spec Brief 5adn

MARA Systems is world leader for high-performance caching solutions using Squid. CacheMARA is based on a 64-bit kernel ing 72 GB ECC of memory and multiple terabytes of cache storage (12.2 TB). With P2P we offer 12 x 2TB so total cache space 24 TB. The total log space around 500 GB. Our proprietary web caching technology, customised caching rules ing various protocols offers gigabit high level performance. It’s perfectly suited to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). CacheMARA offers the same web caching performance as other similar solutions, at a much lower price point. Because of the appliance format with use of secure OS the boxes are incredibly reliable. Our appliance solutions use high-end selected hardware to ensure both reliability and high performance. It’s a dedicated ISP web cache appliance, which helps you save bandwidth and/or improve the speed with which your end-s can access web content. As a proxy, it also allows your network s to monitor and control web traffic. Most customers around 35%-40% bandwidth savings; usually 40% - 50% of the requests are served directly from the cache; they can be served from CacheMARA within 1 ms.

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FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS A. Bandwidth Optimization • Scalable Cache Cluster • Several Intercache Communication Protocols : o

Legacy protocol I

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Hypertext Caching Protocol (HT)

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Cache Digests

• Easy and Arbitrary Cluster Extension • Static and Dynamic Web Content Caching • Video and CDN Caching • Different Video Resolutions : o

HD resolutions

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Skipping parts of the video

• One-Click-Hosters Caching • Sharehosters Caching • Filehosters Caching • Microsoft Windows Update Caching • Antivirus Update Caching • Advanced Proxy Configuration

• Full FTP Caching • IP Spoofing • Cache Hierarchies : o

Advanced load balancing

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Application layer routing

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Authenticated name

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Round robin distribution

B. HTTP Proxy Features • Transparent and Non-Transparent Proxy Setup • Auto detection of defect hard-disks • Flexible HTTP proxy logging facilities • Comprehensive access control • Easy and Flexible Access policy management • 64 bit Linux Kernel and 64 bit Squid HTTP Proxy • Solid State Disks (SSDs) for Higher Performance • WC v1 and v2 • Optional Content Filtering • and group-based authentication via: o

MS Active Directory with/without Single sign-on

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NT Domain

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LDAP

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Digest LDAP

C. Management and Control • Innovative Web Management GUI • Intuitive Interface – Powerful Management: o

Management through HTTPS to Appliance

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HTTPS to Management Appliance

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Command-line Interface via Serial Console and SSH

• Advanced Reporting: o

Comprehensive Live Statistics

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Status Information for Each Service in Various Scales per:

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• Easy Online Upgrades • Backup and Restore Capability

• for Dedicated Logging Servers via Syslog • Simple Network Management (SNMP) D. Technical •

Friendly and Reliable Team

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Free Software Updates Bug Fixes and Security Fixes of the Software Technical 9 x 5 (email, phone, chat, IM, remote access) Up to 2 Tickets after working hours Hardware Warranty up to 3 years on a bring-in basis Full during Deployment and Configuration

A. Lower Total Cost of Ownership •

Maximum Security with Controlled Access

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Simple ‘Plug and Play’ Format: Minimal Installation Overhead

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No Expensive System Integration Fees of Staff Training Required

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Ongoing Bandwidth Reduction – Frees Bandwidth for other Protocols

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Increasing Browsing Speed

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Intuitive Web GUI Simplifies istration

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No Need to Apply Separate Software and OS patches