Cisco Cisco Network Capacity Expansion Guía De Información
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Cisco Network Capacity Expansion (NCE) System
Q.
What is Cisco
®
Network Capacity Expansion (NCE)?
A.
Cisco NCE is a transport layer performance enhancing proxy (PEP) that increases the amount
of available bandwidth at small to midsized branch offices and remote locations. It is designed
to cost-effectively accelerate data transfer over the WAN by overcoming bandwidth and
latency limitations. With Cisco NCE, multisite organizations get more data through and more
value out of their existing WAN links.
Q.
What advantages does Cisco NCE provide?
A.
Cisco NCE provides advantages in three primary areas:
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Fast data transfer: Cisco NCE focuses on transferring the greatest amount of data in the
shortest amount of time through a skinny, latent, or congested WAN link.
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Network integration: Cisco NCE is an extension of Cisco IOS
®
Software and is tightly
integrated into the Cisco Express Forwarding switching path, providing complete
transparency to all network services and security provisions.
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Cost effectiveness: Cisco NCE offers superior price for performance.
Q.
What are the primary IT benefits that Cisco NCE provides?
A.
With a Cisco NCE solution, IT systems at remote and mobile locations can benefit in three
primary ways:
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Expansion of available bandwidth: The net effect of using Cisco NCE is 300 to 600
percent increase in available bandwidth*.
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Reduction in bandwidth utilization: The net effect of using Cisco NCE is 100 to 900
percent improvement in bandwidth utilization*.
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Increased data transfer rates: The net effect of using Cisco NCE is 3x to 20x throughput
improvement over TCP*.
*Files: Standard Canterbury Corpus,
Performance ranges established from HTTP downloads/uploads with 1, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500,
and 600 ms network latencies, and 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 2 percent packet loss rate (PLR).
and 600 ms network latencies, and 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 2 percent packet loss rate (PLR).
Q.
What business value does Cisco NCE provide?
A.
A Cisco NCE solution provides multisite and global businesses with three primary value
propositions:
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Lower operational expenses (OpEx): Cisco NCE significantly expands available WAN
capacity and eliminates or postpones the need to upgrade bandwidth.
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High return on investment (ROI): Cisco NCE is a cost-effective solution that offers the
combination of low cost with considerable savings on bandwidth. Payback time can be as
little as a few weeks to a few months.
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Low total cost of ownership (TCO): Cisco NCE integrates with Cisco integrated services
routers, which can lower operating expenses by as much as 70 percent.