Yes. Initial customer reaction is, at first, hesitant. However, when they
try it an see *DRAMTIC* improvements in response times. This is predicated
on the "closeness" of the cache relative to dragging the stuff over the
whole world.
Mike Trest, ATMNET Voice: 619 643-1805
5440 Morehouse Drive Fax: 619 643-1901
San Diego, CA 92121 Pager: 619 960-9070
There is definitely a benefit to the customer once the data is stored on
the cache. However, in order to scale at a reasonable cost one would
probably want to build a hierarchy in the caching servers.
With or without a hierarchy of caches (such as local area and network
border caches); the first user to request data through the cache will be
penalized with an additional delay not present in direct access.
-jh-