Bandwidth Optimization

• Scalable cache cluster that is tailored to your current network size. The flexible cluster platform allows easy upgrades as your network grows.
• Caching of static and dynamic web content from video portals (e.g. Youtube), filehosters (e.g. Rapidshare) and CDNs.
• Microsoft Windows update caching and Anti virus update caching.
• Advanced proxy configuration allows persistent connections to clients and servers as well as adjustable maximum size of cached objects.
• Full FTP caching support via built-in FTP proxy (native FTP and FTP via HTTP).
• Cache hierarchies for advanced load balancing and application layer routing.

HTTP Proxy Features

• Transparent and non-transparent proxy setup
• Auto detection of defect hard-disks: Defect hard-disks are removed from the cache structure immediately to ensure a working system. Even if no working hard-disk can be found in the appliance, the HTTP proxy keeps serving requests.
• Flexible HTTP proxy logging facilities that allow both access logging with predefined formats and custom log formats.
• Comprehensive access controls that provide an easy and flexible way of Internet access regulation
• Access policy can be managed and implemented as fine-grained as needed. Rules can be based on a simple or complex source type (client IP, IP ranges, networks and any combination of those), user groups and single users, IP- and domain destinations, mime types, browsers (via the user-agent tag) and schedules. Furthermore destination lists can be uploaded to the appliance and used for big-sized white- and/or blacklists.
• 64 bit Linux Kernel and 64 bit HTTP Proxy for larger cache storage sizes and better performance.
• Hardware Appliances using Solid State Disks (SSDs) for dramatic price/performance improvements.
• WCCP v1 and v2 support for communication with Cisco hardware.
• Support for cache hierarchies including advanced load balancing based on client IP, authenticated user name and round robin distribution.
• WebFilter: Optional content filtering via the world's leading content filtering software WebFilter. Through MARA Systems' unique integration, overall filtering performance is even improved by caching WebFilter's rating responses.

Management

• Innovative web management GUI, based on up-to-date web technology, provides simple usage and a powerful management.
• Management through HTTPS to appliance, HTTPS to management appliance or command-line interface via Serial Console and SSH.
• Comprehensive live statistics and status information for each service available in different scales (per day, week, month and year)
• Easy online upgrades to receive current security, feature and performance updates as they are available
• Backup and restore capability for your current appliance configuration
• Support for dedicated logging servers via Syslog
• SNMP support to allow monitoring by standard network tools