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Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder)
From: Jonathan Heiliger <loco () MFST COM>
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 15:39:50 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Mike Trest wrote: |} Yes. Initial customer reaction is, at first, hesitant. However, when |} they try it an see *DRAMTIC* improvements in response times. This is |} predicated on the "closeness" of the cache relative to dragging the |} stuff over the whole world. There is definitely a benefit to the customer once the data is stored on the cache. However, in order to scale at a reasonable cost one would probably want to build a hierarchy in the caching servers. With or without a hierarchy of caches (such as local area and network border caches); the first user to request data through the cache will be penalized with an additional delay not present in direct access. -jh- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder) Mike Trest (May 13)
- Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder) Michael Dillon (May 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder) Mike Trest (May 13)
- Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder) Jonathan Heiliger (May 13)
- Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder) Matthew Kaufman (May 13)
- Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder) Justin W. Newton (May 13)