BranchCache......?

Introduction to BranchCache

BranchCache is a feature of Microsoft Windows 7 which can be utilized for businesses that operate from multiple office locations. BranchCache provides a file caching service for professional network administrators which works by enabling Windows servers to automatically retrieve and distribute the local copies of files which are being accessed remotely by Windows 7 clients. 

BranchCache can help increase network responsiveness of centralized applications, when they are accessed from remote offices, and users in those offices can experience as if they are working on their local area network. BranchCache also helps in reducing WAN utilization. When you enable BranchCache, a copy of data accessed from intranet Web and file servers is cached locally in the branch office. When another client on the same network requests that file, the client downloads it from the local cache without downloading the same content from the WAN link. 

 

In another way The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems introduce BranchCache, which enables content from file and Web servers on a wide area network (WAN) to be cached on computers at a local branch office. BranchCache can improve application response time and reduce WAN traffic. Cached content can either be distributed across peer client computers (distributed cache mode) or centrally hosted on a server (hosted cache mode).