Yet another option if you go the web cluster route instead of caching:
you can have your FW-1 server double as a webserver load balancer
(eliminating the need for a separate layer of devices) by adding RainSLB
software. Not quite as many features as BigIP yet, but cheaper and
simpler.
http://www.rainfinity.com/us/eng/products/rainslb/index.html
Mark L. Decker
Rainfinity
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.rainfinity.com
(408) 382-4870
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carric Dooley
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [FW1] Suggestions/Info for web caching servers
>
> If the problem is with the web server, I would probably use
> something like BigIP or TopLayer and add servers to create
> a web cluster. Caching won't help much if you are using
> dynamic content (like most everyone these days). BigIP also
> has some really cool stuff if you're using SSL.
>
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