Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> Wojtek Sylwestrzak wrote:
>
> > this is a little controversial when the protocol used to provide
> > the service on a replica is the same as the one used to perform
> > the actual copying.
>
> Not really.
>
> The difference then is what you copy, and how.
>
> Mirroring: Sheduled copy of the data output.
>
> Caching: On-demand copying of the protocol output.
>
> In HTTP this translates to that a mirror only copies the data content,
> while a cache also mirrors part or all of the protocol headers
> (content-type,...) on a per object basis.
>
Indeed - this makes the difference.
The 'protocol output' appeals to me more than 'server output'.
--w
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