aiScaler
| Limited company | |
| Industry | Application Delivery Controller |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
Key people | Jonathon Erington, Mericot Jennings |
| Products | Proxy Server, HTTP accelerator, Web cache, DDoS mitigation |
| Slogan | Scaling websites made simple |
| Website | aiscaler.com |
aiScaler Ltd. is a multinational software company founded in 2008. It develops application delivery controllers designed to allow dynamic web pages to scale content by intelligently caching frequently requested content. A number of websites in the Alexa top 1000 use aiScaler to manage their traffic.[1][2]
aiScaler software can be deployed either on public cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services[3] or private virtual environments. aiScaler software is considered an edge device as it proxies traffic, augmenting or replacing content delivery networks endpoints.[4]
History
aiScaler started as a project in 1994 by the web development company WBS. The project was called "Jxel", short for Java Accelerator. The technology was Java-based and intended to be run on a Java Virtual Machine sharing the same computer system as the HTTP server. It was re-written in 2009 using the C computer language, occupying its own dedicated server. The new software was rewritten to run on Linux only, taking advantage of changes in the input/output model based on epoll. In July 2008, aiScaler Ltd acquired all technology of WBS for $3.8 million, allowing it to focus on selling web acceleration products.[5]
Until 2013, aiScaler was known as "aiCache", producing a product called aiScaler. The company took over the name of its main product, phasing out the brand name aiCache.[6]
Products
All aiScaler products can be categorized as Application Delivery Controllers
- aiScaler is an HTTP accelerator that provides application delivery control, in addition to scaling and acceleration of content delivery [7]
- aiProtect offers protection against DDoS attacks and SQL injections[8]
- aiMobile is a Mobile content management system
- aiCDN is a cloud-based Application Delivery Network that allows scaling of dynamic web applications.
- aiScaler and Dell offer a hardware Application Delivery Controller, which fits in a standard rack unit server rack.[9]
aiScaler is based on epoll technology allowing it to employ a right-threaded (only the specified number of workers process requests, no matter how many clients are connected), non-blocking, multiplexed IO design.[10]
Similar to Varnish Cache and in contrast to other HTTP accelerators, such as Squid, which began life as a client-side cache, or Apache, which is primarily an origin server, aiScaler was designed as an HTTP accelerator.
External links
- Official development web site
- "aiCache Deployment CNBC", June 9, 2009 Highscalability.com article by Director of Platforms CNBC Rashid Karimov describing the implementation of the aicache software as an edge device.
- ↑ http://highscalability.com/blog/2009/4/16/serving-250m-quotesday-at-cnbccom-with-aicache.html
- ↑ http://www.foetron.com/portfolio/aicache-and-woot-com-chooses-aicache-web-accelerator-instances-running-on-the-amazon-ec2-cloud-to-manage-traffic-spikes/
- ↑ https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B007OOIPFM/ref=mkt_ste_l2_WebApps_f3?nc1=h_l2_wa
- ↑ http://dyn.com/blog/how-to-save-money-on-your-cdn-with-dyn-aiscaler/
- ↑ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/aiscaler-com
- ↑ http://aiscaler.com/about
- ↑ http://aiscaler.com/performance-reports
- ↑ http://aiscaler.com/home/protect
- ↑ http://aiscaler.com/dell-hardware-application-delivery-controller
- ↑ "aiScaler Admin Guide", Jan. 14, 2011