SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING RESPONSE BASED CACHE REDIRECTION

• US 20150039674A1
• Filed: 07/31/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Agarwal, Mugdha, Praveen, Rama, Soni, Ajay
• Granted Patent: US 10,951,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for performing response based cache redirection to a cache proxy. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers and in communication with a plurality of cache proxies, receives a request for content from a client. The request is for content from a server of the plurality of servers. The device forwards the request to the server. The device identifies a cache redirection policy that specifies an amount of bytes of a response to buffer to calculate a signature of the content of the response. The device computes the signature of the content of the response based on the amount of bytes of the response received from the server and buffered by the device. The device selects a cache proxy based on the computed signature and forwards the request of the client to the selected cache proxy.

Claims

1. A method of performing response based cache redirection to a cache proxy, the method comprising:

(a) receiving, by a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and one or more servers and in communication with a plurality of cache proxies, a request from a client for content from a server of the one or more servers;

(b) forwarding, by the device, the request of the client to the server;

(c) identifying, by the device, a cache redirection policy that specifies an amount of bytes of a response to the request to buffer to calculate a signature of the content of the response;

(d) computing, by the device, the signature of the content of the response based on the amount of bytes of the response received from the server and buffered by the device;

(e) selecting, by the device based on the signature, a cache proxy from the plurality of cache proxies; and

(f) forwarding, by the device, the request of the client to the cache proxy.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the device responsive to a cache hit, the response from the cache proxy.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising discarding, by the device, the buffered response and transmitting to the client the response received from the cache proxy.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the device, an indication from the cache proxy of a cache miss and transmitting the buffered response to the cache proxy;

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting, by the device, remaining portions of the response received from the server to the cache proxy.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the device, the response processed by the cache proxy and transmitted by the cache proxy to the client.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) further comprise identifying, by the device, the cache redirection policy further specifying one or more parameters of the response to use to compute the signature of the content of the response.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein step (d) further comprises computing, by the device, the signature of the content as a hash of the buffered response.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein step (e) further comprises selecting, by the device, from the plurality of cache proxies based on a load balancing algorithm.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein step (f) further comprises embedding, by the device, the signature of the content in the request forwarded to the cache proxy.

11. A system for performing response based cache redirection to a cache proxy, the system comprising:

a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and one or more servers, the device in communication with a plurality of cache proxies;

wherein the device is configured to receive a request from a client for content from a server of the one or more servers and forward the request of the client to the server;

a cache redirection policy specifying an amount of bytes of a response to the request to buffer to calculate a signature of the content of the response;

wherein the device is configured to compute the signature of the content of the response based on the amount of bytes of the response received from the server and buffered by the device, select, based on the signature, a cache proxy from the plurality of cache proxies, and forwards the request of the client to the cache proxy.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein device is further configured to receive from the proxy cache the response responsive to a cache hit.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the device is further configured to discard the buffered response and transmitting to the client the response received from the cache proxy.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the device is further configured to receive an indication from the cache proxy of a cache miss and transmit the buffered response to the cache proxy.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the device is further configured remaining portions of the response received from the server to the cache proxy.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the device is further configured to receive the response processed by the cache proxy and transmitted by the cache proxy to the client.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the cache redirection policy further specifies one or more parameters of the response to use to compute the signature of the content of the response.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the device is further configured to compute the signature of the content as a hash of the buffered response.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the device is further configured to select from the plurality of cache proxies based on a load balancing algorithm.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the device is further configured to embed the signature of the content in the request forwarded to the cache proxy.