Distributed network block device: Difference between revisions

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* replication of [[server (computing)|server]]s for robustness

* multicast communication and [[Cacheweb cache|caching]] of network traffic for [[scalability]]

These characteristics make it suitable especially for use in [[wireless networks]],

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cached by all clients: If several users on each client start to watch a movie

within a certain time interval, the movie data has to be transmitted only once

(depending on the [[web cache|cache]] size). The network is not burdened with unnecessary

traffic.