Workload Characterization of Uncacheable HTTP Content

The rapid growth of uncacheable content over the HTTP protocol [1,2] necessitates the further investigation and exploitation of its properties. In this paper, we intend to answer these following questions: Among the huge HTTP content delivered on the Internet, which parts are cacheable and which parts are uncacheable? What are their characteristics, especially for uncacheable content? Is there any difference among different uncacheable HTTP content? Is there any cacheable possibility for these conventional uncacheable content? How about the cacheability of personalized content? Is there some relationship between uncacheable content and HTTP persistent connection?

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