Not providing many/any answers here I'm afraid - just asking more questions. Is SSL that suitable for caching? I would have thought that most SSL traffic would be unique (Session ID's/transaction info etc). That's not a cocky question, I really don't know. I suppose there will be static content within the SSL pages.
I've used Intel SSL accelerators which seem to perform pretty well. We also do a fair bit of load balancing with Foundry Networks kit (Server Irons/Big Irons) and they're pretty nippy and pretty cheap compared to Cisco, and have the advantage that their CLI is very close to Cisco. I suppose it depends what scale you're doing it on. >From what I've seen of the Cisco CSS (Arrowpoint kit) they seem to offer greater functionality/flexibility than Foundry, but not seen much of them working in anger yet. Be interesting to hear what Stratacache really mean by caching content in SSL-ready format. Gaz ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > We are looking at buying some new load balancing switches and new cache > engines and somewhere in that mix we want to add SSL acceleration. One > vendor that we're looking at sells load balancing switches with SSL > acceleration built-in. Of course, they really like their way of doing > this. The other vendor has a cache engine with SSL acceleration and > they say there is a significant performance increase by caching content > in SSL-ready format. > > Do any of you have any thoughts here? The first vendor is F5 and I > really like the looks of their Big IP series. The second vendor is > Stratacache and I really don't know much about them despite having > talked to them about this. :-) > > Any tips? > > Thanks, > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30733&t=30724 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
