On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 10:49:19AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 12:27:55PM -0500, Brandon wrote:
> >
> > I've been thinking on the caching problem recently and it seems to me that
> > it is is indeed disadvantageous to cache aggresively because files cached
> > on the edge of the network have a decreased probability of being found by
> > an arbitrary node. The closer a file is to the epicenter, the greater its
> > global probability of discovery.
> >
> > So rather than caching all the way back the search path, it would be most
> > advantagous to cache in an expanding ring around the epicenter. This can
> > be done by having a rapidly decaying probability of caching.
>
> I agree entirely, in fact here was part of my reply to that guy's post:
>
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> Many thanks for your insights, your document is rather interesting. I
> tend to agree with your assessment, I think that over-zealous caching is
> having a negative effect. One experiment I hope to try is caching
