Web Distribution Systems : Caching and Replication

Abstract

Table of Contents:

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 Overview of Web Caching
• 1.2 What is a Web Cache ?
• 1.3 Replication
• 1.4 Caching and Replication : Some Common terms
• 2.0 Types of Caching and Replication Systems
• 2.1 A diagrammatic representation
• 2.2 Proxy Caching
• 2.3 Transparent Proxy Caching
• 2.4 Hierarchical Web caching
• 2.5 Distributed Caching
• 2.6 Replication using Multicast
• 2.7 So what's the difference between the Caching and Replication ?
• 3.0 Replication Relationships
• 3.1. Client to Replica Relationships

      3.1.1 URL Redirection
      3.1.2 DNS Redirection
• 3.2. Replica to Replica Relationships

      3.2.1 Batch Driven
      3.2.2 Demand Driven
      3.2.3 Synchronized Replication
• 4.0 Caching Relationships
• 4.1. Client to Cache Communication

      4.1.1 Manual Proxy Configuration
      4.1.2 Proxy Auto Configuration
      4.1.3 Web Proxy Auto Detection
      4.1.4 HTTP
• 4.2 Inter Cache Communication

      4.2.1 Internet Cache Protocol
      4.2.2 HyperText Caching Protocol
      4.2.3 Cache Array Routing Protocol
      4.2.4 Cache Digests
      4.2.5 Multicast Based protocols
• 4.3 Reverse Proxy Caching
• 5.0 Network Element Communication
• 5.1. WCCP Web Cache Coordination Protocol
• 5.2 Transparent Proxy Agent Control Protocol
• 5.3. Sample products
• 6.0 Product Comparison
• Summary
• References
• Acronyms

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