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Open Cache Request Routing Service Provisioning Interface Specification

This document describes the high-level functional specification of open caching request routing and the required interfaces to enable request routing to be performed from an upstream CDN to an open cache system. This version has been updated to address the Manifest Rewrite routing scheme.

Open Cache Request Routing Functional Specification

This document describes the high-level functional specification of open caching request routing and the required interfaces to enable request routing to be performed from an upstream CDN to an open cache system. This version has been updated to address the Manifest Rewrite routing scheme.

Open Cache Logging Requirements Specification

This document specifies requirements for Open Caching System (OCS) for Logging data to help track data acquisition and delivery of it to the end user. The information logging is critical for the Open Caching Nodes as well as the upstream CDN and the Content Provider (CP). Logging information helps OCS

Cache Efficiency

The system property that describes the ratio of “cache hits” to the number of requests.

Cache Hit

A cache hit is when a request for data from a cache server is found on the server in memory or on disk and served.

Cache Miss

A cache miss is when a request for data from a cache server is not found on the server in memory or on disk. The server will reach up stream to another cache server (or all the way to the origin) to pull the data in and serve it.

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