13 May
1996
13 May
'96
6:39 p.m.
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-