Re: wrec round 2

From: Alex Rousskov (rousskov@nlanr.net)
Date: Tue Sep 29 1998 - 15:58:54 MDT


On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Scott Michel wrote:

> The cache digest is a cache-to-cache metadata transfer. I'm posing
> a more general question: Do we want/need/have to define a cache
> system-to-cache system metadata exchange,

What is a "cache system"?

Cache digest is a cache-to-cache metadata that describes the content of a
cache. One probably would need other types of cache-to-cache metadata.

What does system-to-system metadata describe?

> e.g. interop between SkyCache, Inktomi, and Squid?

If you refer to individual caching proxies, they can exchange cache-to-cache
metadata.

Alex.



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