Uses the gzip
compression protocol to provide transparent compression for HTML and text
files. The typical 4:1 compression ratio yields up to 50% reduction in
bandwidth requirements out of the data center. It also results in significantly
improved end-user response time, because it reduces the amount of data that
must be delivered to the user’s browser.
Manages the
flow of traffic to a reverse proxy, transparent proxy, or forward proxy cache
farm. Inspects all requests, and identifies non-cacheable requests and sends
them directly to the origin servers over persistent connections. By
intelligently redirecting non-cacheable requests back to the origin web
servers, the NetScaler appliance frees cache resources and increases cache hit
rates while reducing overall bandwidth consumption and response delays for
these requests.
Helps optimize
web content and application data delivery by providing a fast in-memory
HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/1.0 compliant web caching for both static and dynamic
content. This on-board cache stores the results of incoming application
requests even when an incoming request is secured or the data compressed, and
then reuses the data to fulfill subsequent requests for the same information.
By serving data directly from the on-board cache, the appliance can reduce page
regeneration times by eliminating the need to funnel static and dynamic content
requests to the server.
Buffers the
server’s response and delivers it to the client at the client’s speed, thus
offloading the server faster and thereby improving the performance of web
sites.