NetCache explained

NetCache
Author:NetApp
Discontinued:yes
Latest Release Version:6.0.7
Platform:Cross platform; Data ONTAP
Genre:web cache

NetCache is a former web cache software product which was owned and developed by NetApp between 1997 and 2006, and a hardware product family incorporating the NetCache software.

History

The NetCache software started as a commercial fork of the Harvest Object Cache[1] [2] developed by Internet Middleware Corporation (IMC), which consisted of former Harvest project developers including Peter B. Danzig, a professor at University of Southern California.[3] In late 1996 the software was named Internet Middleware Object Cache,[4] and it was referred to as Cached 2 and later Cached 3.[5] [6]

In 1997 IMC was acquired by NetApp, and the software was renamed NetCache, with Danzig becoming chief architect and CTO of NetCache division.[3]

In 2006 NetApp sold the NetCache business (but not technology) to Blue Coat Systems,[7] [8] who had a similar line of ProxySG appliances which became the more expensive product for existing NetApp customers.[9]

Hardware appliance

The hardware NetCache appliance included the NetApp Data ONTAP microkernel, with its Write Anywhere File Layout file system, achieving four times the throughput as software equivalents available at time, according to NetApp comparisons.[10] Starting with ONTAP version 9.5 similar functionality was introduced under FlexCache name.

Models

As of November 2005, three hardware models were being offered:[11]

Former models include:[12]

External links

Product reviews

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brian Wink . Usenix.org . 2012-08-07.
  2. Web site: NetCache Technical Paper . 2009-05-05.
  3. . 21 July 1997 . Chris Nermey . New Web Caching boxes promise better bandwidth control .
  4. Web site: Internet Middleware Object Cache: Cached-2. . 2012-08-07 . Internet Middleware Corporation . September 10, 1996 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19961112032719/http://www.netcache.com/ . November 12, 1996 .
  5. Web site: The Harvest Cache and Httpd-Accelerator . 1996-11-22 . 2012-08-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19961122024331/http://excalibur.usc.edu/ . November 22, 1996 .
  6. Web site: Building a web cache system - Architectural Considerations . 10.1.1.57.1141 . 2010-08-23 . 2012-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008132853/http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.57.1141&rep=rep1&type=ps . dead .
  7. News: NetApp flogs NetCache to Blue Coat . The Register . 23 June 2006 . Chris Williams .
  8. News: Blue Coat looks for partners to help NetCache transition . Rebecca Munro . . 19 October 2006 .
  9. News: NetApp sells NetCache to Blue Coat . Bryan Betts . Techworld . 26 June 2006 . 25 August 2010 . 10 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310063831/http://news.techworld.com/networking/6297/netapp-sells-netcache-to-blue-coat/?siteSection= . dead .
  10. Web site: NetCache Architecture and Deployment . 10.1.1.27.8507 . Peter Danzig . February 1997 .
    also Computer Networks and ISDN Systems . 30 . 22–23 . 25 November 1998 . 2081–2091 . 10.1016/S0169-7552(98)00250-5 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990508132725/http://www01.netapp.com/technology/level3/3029.html . NetCache Architecture and Deployment . 1999-05-08 . dead . Danzig . Peter . 10.1.1.27.8507 .
  11. Web site: NetCache hardware Product Family . NetApp . November 2005 .
  12. Web site: NetCache hardware Product Family . NetApp . 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722161652/http://www.ipro.lv/docs/Netcache_family.pdf . 2011-07-22 .

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