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Cache Server Hardware
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ALSO CALLED: Web Cache Servers, Cache Engines, Caching Servers, Network Caching Servers, and Cache Servers
DEFINITION: A cache server is a dedicated network server or service acting as a server that saves Web pages or other Internet content locally. By placing previously requested information in temporary storage, or cache, a cache server both speeds up access to data and reduces demand on an enterprise's bandwidth. Cache servers also allow users to access content offline, including rich
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CACHE SERVER HARDWARE DEFINITION (continued): … media files or other documents. A cache server is sometimes called a "cache engine." A cache server is almost always also a proxy server, which is a server that "represents" users by intercepting their Internet requests and managing them for users. Typically, this is because enterprise resources are being protected by a firewall server. That server allows outgoing requests to go out but screens all incoming traffic. A proxy server helps match incoming messages with outgoing requests. In doing so, it is in a position to also cache the files that are received …
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