Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb t
Nicola Bernardell writes:
> I think nobody would think about replicating data on each of the 386's!
Don't. Have them build an LRU cache. Query the server first: if it
responds use its data and update the cache. If the server doesn't respond,
use the cache.
> I mean, what scares me is all that ethernet running here and there, it
> sounds more critical than a serial line (short or with a couple modems at
> worst for the longest paths).
So use serial lines. TCP/IP neither knows nor cares whether you are using
ethernet or ppp. Or, use a bunch of ethernets, with one or a few 386's on
each.
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