Novell offers fastest Net experience

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Novell, Inc, announced that new tests prove that caching appliances powered by the Novell Internet Caching System(TM) (ICS) continue to deliver unmatched performance and scalability to Internet-enabled environments.

Since its initial release in 1999, the Novell Internet Caching System has consistently been recognized as the premier performance platform for Internet acceleration. Industry-leading OEM partners such as Dell, Compaq, IBM, Fujitsu/Siemens, Stratacache and others combine their own specialized hardware with Novell ICS technology to create optimized caching appliances suitable for the rigors of e-business. 

Five Novell OEM partners participated in the latest round of the Cache Bake-Off, including Compaq, Dell, IBM, Microbits (Australia), and Stratacache. Noticeably absent from the competition were CacheFlow, Cisco and Inktomi. 

First Place in pure throughput went to a cluster of four Dell PowerApp.cache systems with a remarkable 3309.40 Requests/second and 1728.50 Hits/second. The Dell PowerApp.cache cluster demonstrates how a strong Dell/ICS solution can be scaled out to provide the performance and scalability suitable for even the most demanding carrier-level environments. 

"As the Cache Bake-off attests, the Dell PowerApp.cache cluster, built with Novell ICS, cannot be surpassed," said Karl Chen, Director (Worldwide Marketing), Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "This powerful caching solution offers greater throughput than any other competitor and represents an unrivaled ability to handle the most demanding volume of traffic. Dell's PowerApp.cache offers e-businesses accelerated content delivery, quality Web service and the power to handle an extremely high number of Web customers." 

The Compaq TaskSmart C2500 easily took top performance honors among single appliance solutions with peak throughput of 2,398.79 Requests/second and 1,280.71 Hits/second. This was accomplished while still maintaining high hit ratios, low response times and optimal fill times. 

First Place in the `Best Price/Performance value' category belongs to the Stratacache Dart with 153.06 Requests/second per $ 1000 and 85.74 Hits/second per $ 1000. The Stratacache Dart D-20 is the first high performance, micro site caching appliance designed for the broadband attached home and small business. It takes high performance caching, content acceleration and content delivery not only to the last mile, but to the last foot of the Internet and proves that the benefits of cache technology can be delivered to the home and small business markets. 

"Fortified with Novell ICS, our Stratacache Dart offers substantial benefits to the millions of new small businesses and broadband-enabled homes," said Chris Riegel, Product Manager of Stratacache. "The chief benefit to consumers is the exceptional enhancement of the 'Net user experience that the Novell ICS/Stratacache Dart appliance delivers. This offering represents the industry's first caching product expressly targeted to the meet the needs of the dynamically growing broadband attached small business or home user."