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CacheGuard-OS vs trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

A side-by-side look at CacheGuard-OS and trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CacheGuard-OS

CacheGuard-OS

Network & Admin

CacheGuard-OS is an open source web cache and proxy server. It is designed to improve website performance by caching content closer to end users, reducing bandwidth usage and server load. CacheGuard-OS supports both reverse and forward proxy caching.

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trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

Network & Admin

Trickle is a userspace bandwidth shaper for Linux. It allows limiting the bandwidth used by a process, group of processes, or network interface. It's useful for rate-limiting backups, downloads, etc to prevent using all available bandwidth.

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