Ethernet Switching Reference Guide

Alteon Content Cache (ACC)
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Alteon
Content Cache (ACC)
Overview
The Alteon Content Cache (ACC) is a core component of web caching and content delivery networking
- a networking system designed for optimised management, distribution and delivery of content over
networks. The ACC is the industry’s highest performing caching and streaming appliance.
Customer Profile
• Enterprise: The ACC enables Enterprise Content
Delivery Networking for rich streaming content
delivering, improving corporate communication
and reducing cost through advanced
e-Learning. The ACC also increases productivity
by effective content filtering and reducing user
wait time.
• Internet Data Centre (IDC): The ACC enhances an
IDC by providing managed services to improve
content access to customers.
• Access Service Provider: The ACC enables
intelligent Point of Presence (PoP) and provides
advanced content filtering and performance
enhancement.
• CDN Service Provider: The ACC allows Service
Providers to offer intelligent CDN services that
significantly enhances the end user’s experience
and improves network efficiency.
Typical Applications
• Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
• Advanced Streaming-based Applications like
e-Learning, Corporate Communications and New
Product Introduction
• Managed Content Service provided by an IDC
• Content Filtering based on administrator-
configured and / or filtering subscription services
• Traditional Usage of Web Proxy Caching
and Web Server Farm Acceleration
Key Points
• High performance streaming appliance
(delivering 800+ Mbps throughput, 300K +
concurrent sessions)
• Rich streaming protocols supported (QuickTime,
Microsoft Media and Real Networks)
• Advanced support for streaming, including
concurrent on-demand stream caching and
live-stream splitting
• Content pinning for prioritisation
• Small Footprint
• Client acceleration and server acceleration
supported on the same unit
• Complete family from entry level for small usage
to high-end carrier-class appliance
Features and Benefits
• Delivers up to 35 percent bandwidth utilisation
and up to 90 percent web server space and
power savings
• QuickTime, Microsoft Media and Real Networks
streaming media applications are supported
• Client acceleration (transparent-proxy) mode and
server acceleration (reverse-proxy) mode are
implemented simultaneously in the same unit,
allowing flexible and cost-effective deployment
• The ACC accelerates web access response time
and saves bandwidth consumption.
As a result productivity is largely improved.