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Subject: Re: Question regarding get response
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:41:50 -0800
From: Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu>

Someone wrote:

  > In this mail, I meant that a node initiating a search and get upon 
  > receiving the get response, stores the file in the cwd.
  > My question is that, along with storing the file in its cwd, should it 
  > also store the file in its cache or permanent storage?

Please see slide 16 of lecture 18.
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Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>




  Bill Cheng wrote:
  > Someone wrote:
  >
  >   > 1) Whenever a node gets a get response, should it store the file in its 
  >   > cache too(with the cache prob) along with saving it in its cwd?
  >
  > I assume you are talkinag the case where this node did not
  > initiate the GET request.  Then the situation is the same
  > as a node who did not initiate a STORE request.  Please see
  > my message with timestamp "Wed 19 Nov 19:54".
  >
  >   > 2) If the file was in the cache of the node that initiated the get and 
  >   > search, should it be copied to its permanent folder too?
  >
  > Please read the "Additional Notes on File Retrieval (for Part
  > 2 only)" section of the spec.
  > --
  > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>