Client-Server Caching with Expiration Timestamps

Authors: Carpenter T.¹; Carter R.²; Cochinwala M.³; Eiger M.¹

Source: Distributed and Parallel Databases, Volume 10, Number 1, July 2001 , pp. 5-22(18)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

We study client-server caching of data with expiration timestamps. Although motivated by the potential for caching in telecommunication applications, our work extends to the general case of caching data that has known expiration times. Toward this end, we tailor caching algorithms to consider expiration timestamps. Next, we consider several different client-server paradigms that differ in whether and how the server updates client caches. Finally, we perform simulation studies to evaluate the empirical performance of a variety of strategies for managing a single cache independent of the server and for managing caches in a client-server setting.

Keywords: client-server caching; distributed databases; expiration timestamps; telecommunication

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Telcordia Technologies, Inc. 445 South Street Morristown, NJ 07960, USA 2: Honeywell Laboratories 3660 Technology Drive Minneapolis, MN 55418, USA 3: Telcordia Technologies, Inc. 445 South Street Morristown, NJ 07960, USA. munir@research.telcordia.com

Publication date: 2001-07-01