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Alteon Content Manager
(ACM)
Overview
The Alteon Content Manager (ACM) is the centralised management component of Nortel’ Networks’ Content
Delivery Network (CDN) solution - a networking system designed around optimised management,
distribution and delivery of content over networks. The ACM is typically deployed at a unique central location
in a redundant configuration. The ACM works directly with networks of Alteon Content Caches (ACCs) to
provide distribution, pre-positioning and management of content, as well as accounting management, to
enable CDN services for the Enterprise, Content Provider or Service Provider. The ACM is also a powerful
management tool, which can be used to configure and monitor any or all Alteon Content Caches in a network
to create groups of caches and to assign access control to specific administrators. The ACM also enables
content delivery networks with the industry’s most scalable and resilient system management, allowing
Enterprises and Service Providers to manage their CDN networks efficiently and cost-effectively.
Customer Profile
The Alteon Content Manager is an excellent
proposition for Enterprises and Service Providers
that are deploying a CDN or many remote Alteon
Content Caches. Each Alteon Content Manager will
support 20+ administrators, each of which can have
individualised management rights and over 2,000
Alteon Content Caches.
Typical Applications
The product is designed to allow comprehensive,
centralised management of Alteon Content Caches.
The logging, accounting and system management
allow for large scale CDNs as well as enterprise wide
cache monitoring.
Key Points
• The Alteon Content Manager was specifically
designed for optimal communication with the
Alteon Content Caches, or groups of Alteon
Content Caches. This enhanced communication
results in reduced bandwidth consumed between
both devices.
• The Alteon Content Manager utilises an
integrated database. Including a database makes
integration and configuration seamless and
facilitates the creation of an internal directory
that is easily synchronised with all Alteon Content
Caches in a network. This design reduces start-up
costs dramatically when compared to some other
vendors’ implementation, which requires a third
party database. This results in enhanced fault
tolerance, redundancy, and scalability, with
reduced investment, management and
maintenance costs.
• Replication and synchronisation are included
in the integrated data store, providing even
greater savings.
Features and Benefits
ACM’s system management provides the
infrastructure layer that allows the management,
the monitoring, and the configuration of multiple
ACCs in a CDN network. It is the foundation for
ACM’s other value-added management components
such as content management and accounting
management for CDNs.