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Accelerating File Services Applications

Overview This white paper highlights two problems that stem from the design of Microsoft's Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol: The fact that CIFS is too chatty to run across a WAN, and the fact that CIFS transmits a tremendous amount of redundant data. The paper goes on to explain how Blue Coat's SG appliances, with their five-part Multiprotocol Accelerated Caching Hierarchy (MACH5) technology, substantially improve CIFS performance through:

Bandwidth management
Protocol optimization
Object caching
Byte caching
Compression

Download the paper to learn more about Blue Coat's MACH5 technology and how it improves CIFS application response time while reducing bandwidth usage.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Blue Coat Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007	Downloads	126
Format	White Papers
Topics	Local Area Networks (LAN), Server Consolidation, Wide Area Networks (WAN), LAN - WAN Standards, Bandwidth Issues, Network Design

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