Analysis of Caching and Replication Strategies for Web Applications

  • Authors:
  • Swaminathan Sivasubramanian;Guillaume Pierre;Maarten van Steen;Gustavo Alonso

  • Affiliations:
  • Vrije Universiteit;Vrije Universiteit;Vrije Universiteit;ETH Zurich

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Developers often use replication and caching mechanisms to enhance Web application performance. The authors present a qualitative and quantitative analysis of state-of-the art replication and caching techniques used to host Web applications. Their analysis shows that selecting the best mechanism depends heavily on data workload and requires a careful review of the application's characteristics. They also propose a technique for Web practitioners to compare different mechanisms' performance on their own.