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Dynamic server selection using bandwidth probing in wide-area networks

Carter et al., 1996

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896717849023319400
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Carter R
Crovella M
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Replication is a commonly proposed solution to problems of scale associated with distributed services. However, when a service is replicated, each client must be assigned a server. Prior work has generally assumed that assignment to be static. In contrast, we …
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