For hosts, caching is a cost-effective way of delivering Web site content faster and more efficiently. Instead of investing in new hardware and software to handle increasing traffic, hosts using a solution such as Inktomi's Traffic Server software can place cached versions of Web sites in front of origin servers to alleviate the stress placed on origin servers during high traffic hours. The Traffic Server is a software solution that enables hosts to engage in reverse proxy caching. Requests for content travel through the cache before reaching the origin server.
Caches store the most frequently accessed data and are optimized to serve data quickly.
Thus, the cache takes much of the load off the origin server, while delivering the content more quickly. Inktomi's Traffic Server was designed to meet the performance requirements of network service providers, so it is a logical choice to help us efficiently move data across our network, getting it closer to end users and helping to avoid delays. Caching is not a new concept. But the Traffic Server is based upon parallel processing technology that offers a dramatic improvement over other competitive solutions. That technology translates into speed, as shown in a recent audited test of the Traffic Server's performance.