"We rolled out 1200 Chromebooks to classrooms and CACHEBOX means that we haven't needed to increase our bandwidth."
Rodney Leer, Brenham Independent School District, USA
"Our bandwidth problems have been practically eliminated. Monitoring & customization is a snap with the web interface."
Desert Academy, Santa Fe, USA
"ApplianSys is the only vendor that takes the time to look at our appliances for us, and it really goes a long way."
Mike Caruso, Orland Park Consolidated High School District 230, USA
"CACHEBOX is doing a great job with bandwidth savings, especially when there is a lot more online now"
Jason Hecock, IT facilitator, Kalispell School District 5, USA
"CACHEBOX is already caching quite a few items and saving us considerable bandwidth!"
William Shaffer, Onsite Tech, Conemaugh Valley School District, USA

CACHEBOX goes to Wentzville

September 15, 2015
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ApplianSys is pleased to announce that Wentzville RIV School District in Missouri has purchased a CACHEBOX420 to tackle bandwidth congestion and cater for a growing volume of student devices.

In 2013, Wentzville launched a 1:1 student-to-device scheme at its 3 high schools, distributing 4200 Chromebooks to students. This put heavy strain on Wentzville’s 250Mbps internet connection, leading the district’s technology team to build a simple DIY caching appliance to offload traffic.

Wentzville plans to upgrade student devices in 2016 and distribute the older Chromebooks to lower schools grades. This will double the number of students connecting to the internet at school, so the district upgraded to a 750Mbps link to provide extra capacity.

To protect its additional bandwidth from congestion and prepare for even greater traffic volume, the district now needed a caching appliance that could operate at the higher throughput allowed by their upgraded connection.

“Launched this year, CACHEBOX420 is a perfect fit for Wentzville,” explains CACHEBOX Sales Executive Sophie Clark. “Like the rest of the CACHEBOX range, CACHEBOX420 is packed with schools-focussed features but its hardware has been specified to handle a high volume of traffic normally seen at an ISP or large corporation. Fortunately, CACHEBOX420 doesn’t come with a carrier-grade price-tag! In fact, E-rate funding for caching has meant that Wentzville gets a fit-for-purpose cache with very little impact on its technology budget.”

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Wentzville RIV School District caters for over 14,000 students at 10 Elementary Schools, 3 Middle Schools and 3 High Schools. It is located in Saint Charles County, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation and the fastest growing area in Missouri, 40 miles west of downtown St. Louis.