[plug] WAN Acceleration

[Adrian Chadd]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007, Adam Hewitt wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anyone know of any software that runs on linux that does  
> complete WAN acceleration? I am not just talking about compression  
> but also packet fingerprinting and storing to reduce the number of  
> packets that are required to traverse the WAN?
> 
> Something like these hardware appliances:
> 
> http://www.riverbed.com/products/
> http://www.silver-peak.com/Products/

I'd not be surprised if one or more of those WAN accelerators actually
was implemented in Linux.

Thing is, its not an easy task to do. There's multiple different "things"
you end up having to do to "get WAN acceleration" which can be highly
protocol dependant. Its a big task.

(And if you want it for free, then well, tough luck. You should see what
_I_ get asked to give for free with Squid related hackery.)



Adrian