"One of the best things about the CACHEBOX is the ease of management... With ApplianSys everything is simple and easy to configure"
Helenio Sartori, Repubblica e Cantone Ticino, Switzerland "We’ve seen 20-30% bandwidth savings – we can now expand the network and add new sites"
Juan Hernandez, IT Infrastructure Manager, Grupo Alcione, Mexico "CACHEBOX is performing very well. We see aorund 50% bandwidth savings and this really helps us out!"
Alain Lefebvre, Nunasi Corporation, Canada "The ability to automatically send anti-virus and software updates saves us a huge amount of administrative overhead and time"
Juan Hernandez, IT Infrastructure Manager, Grupo Alcione, Mexico "I have had a very good experience and CACHEBOX is very easy to use, with a dedicated and reliable system"
Sherif Beshay, Beshay Steel, Egypt

Hardened Operating System for Security and Reliability

CACHEBOX’s security hardened Linux based operating system (OS) is a custom-built appliance ‘distribution’, developed by ApplianSys to maximise security and reliability. The OS has been stripped clean and locked down:

  • Programs, services and files found on a standard Linux distribution that are not required for a cache appliance are removed. This makes CACHEBOX more secure and boot faster than a standard Linux server.
  • A fully configurable firewall allows access to the appliance to be restricted, with tight control of which ports are open, blocking different applications
    • It also allows CACHEBOX to be deployed as a network gateway, automatically directing web traffic to Squid
    • It can act as a NAT (Network Address Translation) server if required
  • CACHEBOX uses solid state CFast cards. The “Program Card” holds just the operating system and application software. The card itself is set as read-only, which makes it more secure in the event of unauthorised network access and avoids accidental damage from user errors.

The OS has a small footprint: once booted, it is retained in RAM, making it very fast.

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Because CACHEBOX is versatile and scalable, our customers around the world come in all shapes and sizes. ISPs, education authorities, blue-chip multi-nationals, public sector bodies, small businesses, shipping fleets and hotels get more out of their bandwidth with CACHEBOX.

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