Quote: caching partial files not worth it: server waits until all uses terminate, no disconnected operation, failures on read, inefficient

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To avoid [problems of size restrictions and delays in transmitting long files], [Andrew File System] AFS-3 uses partial-file caching. … due to partial-file caching. On the contrary, it … With partial-file caching, parts of this backing store … [for executing programs] may not … image. [So the server must wait until all executions have terminated before replacing the file] … whole-file caching also offers another important advantage [for disconnected operation]: remote failures are only visible on open and close operations. … [Also allows efficient, bulkdata-transfer protocols] …   Google-1   Google-2

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