Compaq 244857-001 - TaskSmart - C4000 Model 60_duplicate, TaskSmart C4000 Series Specification
QuickSpecs
MODELS
Compaq TaskSmart C4000 servers
Model 60 (HTTP caching)
244857-001
244857-421 (Int’l)
Model 70 (HTTP and Streaming media caching)
237951-001
237951-421 (Int’l)
Compaq TaskSmart C-Series servers
C4000 Models
OVERVIEW
Compaq TaskSmart C-Series servers provide the most advanced media streaming capabilities for bandwidth-efficient content delivery. They revitalize the
potential of your existing Internet infrastructure for fast and efficient content delivery, by caching frequently requested information at the edge of the
network. The TaskSmart C-Series servers are based on the most widely deployed caching software, Inktomi
provide an essential technology for web-based training, employee/partner communication solutions and other applications that demand media-rich
content delivered on a global basis. These pre-configured and pre-tested appliances servers allow immediate out-of-the-box installation, freeing up
resources to attend more business-critical issues. The TaskSmart RapidLaunch program remotely activates the appliance server and launches intuitive
configuration menus for rapid deployment.
’s Traffic Server Engine. These servers
WHAT’S NEW
• Support for filtering access to web content (via redirection of requests to a WebSense server)
• Available on space saving 2U platform with additional expandability and redundancy (power supplies and fans) features
• Scale to higher performance on models 60 and 70 by upgrading RAM and Hard Drives
KEY BENEFITS
Revitalizes the potential of your existing Internet infrastructure for fast and efficient content delivery without expensive upgrades
• Postpones expensive network bandwidth increases by caching frequently requested content closer to the user
• Enables you to economically scale your existing web and media server infrastructure by caching most frequently requested content
• Enhances productivity by accelerating user access to critical information via content caching closer to the user
• Accelerates eCommerce transactions by encryption/decryption of SSL traffic
• An essential technology for web-based training and employee/partner communication solutions demanding media-rich content delivered on a
global basis
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KEY BENEFITS (continued)
Enables deployment of the most advanced media streaming infrastructure
Compaq TaskSmart C-Series servers
C4000 Models
• Based on original content networking software technology* (Inktomi’s Traffic Server Engine) and is compatible with all of the major streaming
media formats including Real Media, Microsoft
• Optimized and completely integrated combination of hardware and software ensures high performance and reliability
• A robust solution based on the most widely deployed content networking software and server platforms
• Multiple TaskSmart C-Series servers can be deployed as a cluster for fault-tolerance and scalability
• Hierarchical deployment offers flexibility in designing network for optimum user experience and most efficient use of network bandwidth and
resources
• Load shedding allows for graceful pass-through under extreme load conditions
• System overload detection and throttling provides protection from traffic spikes and denial-of-service attacks
Reduces deployment and management costs in a global network
• Pre-configured and pre-tested system allows immediate out-of-the box installation, freeing up resources for more business-critical issues
• TaskSmart RapidLaunch remotely activates the appliance server and launches intuitive configuration menus for rapid deployment
• Industry’s best management tools provide control and operational savings throughout your global network
• Secure, browser-based administration and remote installation of software updates save travel time and expense
• Industry standard solution ensures seamless integration and total solution compatibility within your environment
Protects your investment through extended support services
• Unparalleled 3/3/3 warranty on both hardware and software – the TaskSmart C-Series warranty on software is unique in the appliance server
arena. Compaq Insight Manager provides the pre-failure warranty, which minimizes down time by detecting a failing part and ordering a
replacement before it goes out.
• Compaq Insight Manager™ provides industry leading pre-failure warranty, which minimizes down time by detecting a failing part and alerting
the administrator before the part actually fails.
• eService Delivery provides customers where they can receive self-help for configuration and deployment questions. Answers to common
questions can be easily accessed via Ask Compaq. (http://www.compaq.com/support/ask/
• CarePaq™ Services for the TaskSmart C-Series servers offer a fixed price "easy-to-use, easy-to-buy" option for extending the duration of the
warranty and enhancing the warranty coverage to include 4-hour on-site response. Flexible and comprehensive enough to meet the support
needs of a full range of environments. (http://www.compaq.com/services/CarePaq/
• IT Assessment services designed to provide the customer with value-added consulting to optimize Internet caching within their current network
infrastructure and to deploy, install and configure TaskSmart C-Series servers. (http://www.compaq.com/services/
• ActiveAnswers™ provides a dynamic set of tools and information to help you plan, deploy and operate a Compaq caching appliance within
your environment.
• Compaq ActiveUpdate provides proactive notification and delivery of new software releases. (www.compaq.com/activeupdate)
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KEY FEATURES
Most versatile streaming media support
(Note: supported on TaskSmart C4000 Model 70 only)
• Supports all 3 major streaming media formats: Real Media, Windows Media and QuickTime
• Supports splitting of live streams and caching of on-demand streams.
• Multi-bit rate stream support and stream thinning – according to the automatically detected needs of the client player
• Windows Media – MMS control protocol, MMST and MMSU data transfer protocol
• Real Media – RTSP control protocol, RDT/RTP/PNA/PNM data transfer protocol, PNA protocol support
• QuickTime – RTSP control protocol, RTP data transfer protocol
• Handles both TCP and UDP being used as the transport-layer protocol between the client and the streaming media cache
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KEY FEATURES (continued)
Easy to deploy and manage and remote management
• TaskSmart Rapid Launch automatically discovers the C-Series appliance server on the network, and the intuitive user interface guides
administrator through configuration of network settings for quick and easy deployment.
• Industry leading systems management with Compaq Insight Manager. Compaq Insight Manager provides pre-failure warranty, which
minimizes down time by detecting a failing part and alerting the administrator before the failure occurs
• Web browser access to management and administration tasks enabling complete remote management. Fully integrated with Remote Insight
Lights Out Edition to establish a virtual presence within data center or at remote locations
• Management clustering for sharing configuration information
Flexible Network Deployment Options
• Multiple transparent caching support options including Layer 4 switches, WCCP, WPAD, and policy-based routing
• Adaptive Redirection Module (ARM) provides advanced transparent proxy deployment alternatives
• Hierarchical deployment offers flexibility in designing network for optimum user experience and most efficient use of network resources.
Certain caches are designated as parent caches to other child caches so that child caches can redirect traffic to parent caches in the hierarchy
• Can be deployed in forward or reverse proxy mode with support for transparent caching. Also includes support for caching hierarchies, to meet
the
exact needs of each network setup
• HTTP parent failover support ensures reliable network operation even under node failure
• Support for host and domain name expansion allows clients to use abbreviations for proxy-able content
Compaq TaskSmart C-Series servers
C4000 Models
Extensive Monitoring and Logging Features
• Extensive system monitoring and management using Compaq Insight Manager that sends alerts to the administrator when pre-set thresholds
are exceeded
• Proxy does not interfere with the origin server's ability to track usage patterns of the client. The client logging information is also passed back
to the origin server
• Default logs include a summary log useful when an overview of cached content is needed, and a complete log that includes all information
logged. Logging fields and formats are easily customizable by editing XML configuration files, to provide the exact information needed for
billing or monito ring.
• Predefined logging formats including Squid and Netscape Extended Formats 1 and 2 ensure compatibility with the most popular log analysis
tools
• Log splitting provides separate logs based on protocol or host name for more extensive billing integration
Granular Cache Control
• By modifying configuration files, administrators can specify criteria that will determine if certain content is cacheable or proxy-able
• Freshness checking – If the content has been changed on the origin server, the cache retrieves the new content, serves it and caches it, and
the expired content is ignored. This happens seamlessly to the connected client. Support for content freshness commands including ‘nevercache’, ‘pin-in-cache’, and ‘revalidate-after’
• Content fingerprinting eliminates duplication of content in the cache and maximizes storage efficiency, regardless of URL
• Caching directives are obeyed. (Example HTTP header information/commands like “no cache”, “no store”, “no-transform”, “public”, “private”)
Unmatched performance
• Optimized Linux OS for higher performance
• Pre-tested hardware and software configurations for high performance
• DataFlow architecture supports simultaneous storing and streaming of data for faster throughput and non-blocking I/O
• RAM caching accelerates response times for most popular content
• Web-object optimized raw disk cache maximizes storage and retrieval efficiency
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