Assume a system with a file server and a large number of compute-servers, each with a local disk, where users may freely launch applications on any compute server; the CS department network follows something close to this model!
What files should be stored locally and what files should be stored centrally on the file server?
b) Consider the possibility of using the local disk on each machine as a cache, storing copies of files from the central server. What criteria would you use to determine what files may be cached and what files must not be cached. Does your caching solution provide most of the solution to the problem in question 7 on page 548?