Handling Large Blobs easy
For downloading a massive 10GB movie, what is more important?
- A Low Latency (fast Time to First Byte).
- B CPU Cache size.
- C High Throughput (Bandwidth: MB/s).
- D Database Indexing.
Answer: B. CPU Cache size.
Latency matters for web pages. Throughput determines how long the progress bar takes to finish filling up.
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