Fifth International World Wide Web Conference
Networks for Caches
- The Problem
- Caching is crucial
Hits give 0.05 to 0.2 second responses
Misses depend on bandwidth
- The Solution
- Dedicated bandwidth improves miss performance
- The Benefits
- Encourages use of the cache
Potential savings are enormous
Does it warrant blocking port 80?
The UK (Academic) National Web Cache
(N.Smith)