Cache Server Director (CSD) Internet Network Cache Switching

Radware's Cache Server Director™ (CSD) increases the performance, availability and scalability of content services. Utilizing intelligent content based switching decisions, CSD redirects and optimizes traffic to cache servers, content filters and anti-virus inspection tools. It optimizes cache resources, saves bandwidth costs through increased hit rates and provides faster response times. CSD offers:

• High availability for maximum uptime and uninterrupted access
  
• Simplified server management by content services
  
• Application, web and content switching (Layer 4 - Layer 7 switching)
  
• Enables Anti Virus inspection while sustaining high throughput
  
• Comprehensive health monitoring
  
• Optimized network performance through shorter retrieval times and increased hit rates
  
• Investment protection through optimization of existing legacy equipment
  
• Simple integration without the need for configuring individual clients
  
• Fault tolerance between cache servers, content filtering servers and anti-virus servers
  
• Sophisticated content based load balancing
  
• Special handling of requests for popular URLs
  
• Transparent scalability for end users
  
• Special support for FTP, DNS, and streaming applications
  
• Bandwidth management
  
• Enhanced application security, providing protection from over 450 attack signatures
  
• DoS protection
  
• Multi Layer Switching Architecture
  
• Multi-gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
  
• Seamless integration into existing network
  
• Secure local and remote management through SSH with Radius authentication and GUI

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