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Manage optimization services

Exinda's Optimization technology provides protocol optimization, data reduction, and data caching, enabling applications to run faster over the WAN. This technology is provided by the following acceleration services:

Universal Acceleration

Exinda Community - Provides appliance auto-discovery and acceleration capability services between all Exinda appliances in the WAN.
WAN Memory - Provides data reduction using de-duplication and compression technology.

Protocol-specific Acceleration

TCP Acceleration - Provides layer 4 (TCP) protocol optimization.
SSL Acceleration - Provides acceleration for SSL encrypted connections.
SMB Acceleration - Provides layer 7 SMB1 and SMB2 (Windows File Sharing) protocol optimization.

SMB (Server Message Block), now known as CIFS (Common Internet File System), operates as an application-layer network protocol used for providing shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network.
NCP Acceleration - Provides layer 7 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol over TCP port 524) protocol optimization.

NCP is used in some products from Novell. NCP is used to access file, print, directory, clock synchronization, messaging, remove command execution and other network service functions in these Novell products.

Data caching

Edge Cache - Provides acceleration of static web content such as HTML, GIF, JPEG, ZIP, RAR, ISO as well as dynamic content including YouTube, Google Video, Vimeo.

	Note: Acceleration (including universal & protocol-specific acceleration are licensed separately. Edge Cache is also licensed separately. Please contact your local Exinda representative if you wish to enable either of these features.

The Optimization Services page allows you to start, stop, and disable the Optimization Services running on the Exinda appliance. Ensure that the service that you need is running.

	Caution: Stopping or restarting running Optimization Services may impact connections that are currently accelerated.