EXPEDITING THE DISTRIBUTION OF DATA FILES BETWEEN A SERVER AND A SET OF CLIENTS

摘要

Expediting the distribution of data files between a server and a set of clients. The present invention relates to client-server systems and, more particularly, to cache nodes in client-server systems. In a client-server arrangement, a source system transfers data files from the source system to a server cache node connected to the source system. The server cache node sends a list of data files cached in the server cache node to a client cache node. The client cache node sends a request to the server cache node for new data files cached in the server cache node, based on the list received from the server cache node. The server cache node sends the requested data files to the client cache node and the client cache node transfers the data files to a destination system.