BranchCache Flashcards
What are the two different modes of BranchCache?
Hosted Cache Mode and Distributed Cache Mode.
What are the differences between Hosted Cache Mode and Distributed Cache Mode?
Hosted Cache Mode consists of a Host Cache Server that caches the files and is available to the clients in that network whereas in Distributed Cache Mode, each client caches files independently and has those files available to other clients.
What are the differences in installing BranchCache on the content server versus the host cache server?
On the content server, the BranchCache role is required with the option of installing the BranchCache feature if there are web or app content.
On the Hosted Cache Server, only the BranchCache feature is required.
What command is used to check if the “HostedCacheServerConfiguration” is enabled?
Get-BCStatus
What command is used to let Active Directory know that the target server is capable of doing host caching for the branch/site, effectively turning on the HostedCacheServerConfiguration feature?
Enable-BCHostedServer -RegisterSCP (Service Connection Point)
What is one tool you could use to monitor BranchCache?
BranchCache counters within Performance Monitor.
For troubleshooting purposes, what are a few steps to verify that Branch Cache is configured correctly?
- Is the correct role or feature installed on the appropriate server?
- Is the Hosted Cache Server Setting enabled with the Enable-BCHostedServer -RegisterSCP command on the caching server?
- Verify settings and services are running on the content server, caching server, and client with the Get-BCStatus command.
A content server within a BranchCache solution can only support files and file transfer functions. True or False?
False. A content server within a BranchCache solution can also support applications and web pages.
An efficient way to distribute BranchCache Policy, along with its configuration, is to use _______.
Group Policy.
