Chapter 8. Content Networking Design

This chapter discusses the components and design of content networking, and includes the following sections:

• Making the Business Case

• Content Networking

• Content Caches and Content Engines

• Content Routing

• Content Distribution and Management

• Content Switching

• Designing Content Networking

This chapter describes how content networking (CN) can be implemented to provide content to users as quickly and efficiently as possible.

We first introduce the advantages that CN can provide to your network. The services provided under CN and the components that provide those services are introduced. The use of these componentsthe content engine, content router, content distribution and management device, and content switchis then described in more detail. We conclude by examining two content network design scenarios.

Note

Appendix B, "Network Fundamentals," includes material that we assume you understand before reading the rest of the book. Thus, we encourage you to review any of the material in Appendix B that you are not familiar with before reading the rest of this chapter.