A common real-world difference is that one can execute cgi programs on
a mirror and not on a cache. Other distinctions are more easily
blurred.
> It seems like there are a few dimensions in which caching and replication
> differ:
>
> Caching Replication
>
> what is copied server output server source
> (as Micah observed, though
> I would apply it to all replication,
> not just mirroring)
>
> who initiates it client server
> (unless push-
> cached, which
> blurs the line)
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