Cache Settings

Maximum Cache Size (MB):

Maximum RAM that the Cache can consume.
The edgeNEXUS Cache is an in-memory cache that is also periodically backed onto hard disk to maintain cache persistence after restarts, reboots and shutdowns. This means that the maximum cache size must fit within the memory footprint of the appliance (rather than disk space) and should be no more than half of available memory.

Desired Cache Size(MB):

Optimum RAM that the Cache will be trimmed to.
While the maximum cache size represents the absolute upper boundary of the cache, the desired cache size is intended as the optimum size that the cache should attempt to attain whenever an automatic or manual check on the cache size is made.

The gap between the maximum and desired cache size exists to accommodate the arrival and overlap of new content between periodic checks on cache size for the purpose of trimming expired content. Once again, it may be more effective to accept the default value (30 MB) and periodically review the size of the cache under “Monitor -> Statistics” for appropriate sizing.

Default Cache Time (D/HH:MM):

Life of content without an explicit expiry value.
The default caching time is the period content will be stored in the cache for items that don’t have a “no-store” directive, but also have no explicit expiry time in the traffic header.
The field entry takes the form “D/HH:MM” – so an entry of “1/00:00” (the default) means to store the item for one day, “01:00” for one hour and “00:01” for one minute.

Cachable HTTP Response Codes:

HTTP responses that will be cached:
200 – Standard response for successful HTTP requests
203 – Headers are not definitive, but are gathered from a local or a 3rd party copy
301 – The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URL
304 – Not modified since the last request & locally cached copy should be used instead
410 – Resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known
This field should be edited with caution as the most common cacheable response codes are already listed

Cache Checking Time (D/HH:MM):

Interval between cache trim operation

Cache-Fill Count:

This is a helper facility to help fill the cache when a certain number of 304’s have been detected

Apply Cache Rule

This section allows you to apply a cache rule to a domain:

• Add domain manually with the Add Records button. This maybe a fully qualified domain name or an IP address in dotted decimal notation.
• Click the dropdown arrow and choose your domain from the list
• The list will be populated so long as traffic has passed through a channel and a caching strategy has been applied to the channel
• Choose your cache rule by double clicking on the Caching Rulebase column and selecting from the list

Create Cache Rule

This section allows you to create a number of different caching rules that can then be applied to a domain:

• Click Add Records and give your rule a name and description
• You can either type you conditions in manually or use the Add Condition

To add a condition using the Selection Rulebase:

• Choose Include or Exclude
• Choose All JPEG Images
• Click on the + Add symbol
• You will see that include *.jpg has now been added to the conditions
• You can add more conditions. If you choose to do this manually you need to add each condition on a NEW line. Please note that your rules will display on the same line until you click in the Conditions box then they will show on a separate line