I've just, today, had the question posed by a customer. I think NetApp need to answer the question frankly.
Kindest Regards,
Pete Springfield
Update:
I received the folliwing response from a very helpful NetApp person. I hope there is no objection to me pasting it in here to assist with the queries above. As an employee of Avnet, I ought to add the formality that I can't aford to compromise copyright so if you don't have permission to retrieve these documents, consult your NetApp reseller partner.
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Data ONTAP does not support yet MS BranchCache. It will be supported in future releases but unfortunatly I cannot tell you when exactly. If you have the right permission, in the following presentation you can find interesting information about future NetApp solutions which include also MS BranchCache.
https://fieldportal.netapp.com/viewcontent.asp?qv=1&docid=30559
As you might already know, NetApp has a similar product named FlexCache. In case you have never heard of it, I send you also a presentation to get an overview about FlexCache.
https://fieldportal.netapp.com/viewcontent.asp?qv=1&docid=11034"