Performance Gains through HYDRAWEB Replication
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The following figures show histograms of Web access latencies for 1kB files between a client at tamu.edu and a server at berkeley.edu, with and without a HYDRAWEB replica at tamu.edu.
Significant performance improvements are achieved when the request can be satisfied locally. When the request has to be forwarded to the origin host, only a slight penalty must be paid. (Note: figures are in log-scale.)