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Overview
Accessing information on Web sites for both work or personal purposes is becoming a
normal practice for an increasing number of people. For many companies, fast and
efficient Web access is important for both external customers who need to access the
company Web sites, as well as for users on the corporate intranet who need to access
Internet Web sites.
The following features on the Internet Appliance (IA) provide ways to improve Web
access for external and internal users:
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Load balancing allows incoming HTTP requests to a company's Web site to be
distributed across several physical servers. If one server should fail, other servers can
pick up the workload.
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Web caching allows HTTP requests from internal users to Internet sites to be redirected
to cached web objects on local servers. Not only is response time faster since requests
can be handled locally, but overall WAN bandwidth usage is reduced.
Note:
Load balancing and web caching can be performed using application software;
however, the IA can perform these functions much faster as the redirection is
handled by specialized hardware.
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