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Table 2 Time comparison for cached and non-cached downloads

From: SIDECACHE: Information access, management and dissemination framework for web services

URL of source

Size of File (MB)

Times for Cached Calls (MS)

Times for Non-Cached Calls (MS)

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/DATA/GENE_INFO/Fungi/Saccharomyces_cerevisiae.gene_info.gz

1.5

Avg. 529

Min 76

Max 2263

Avg. 2799

Min 2022

Max 4002

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/DATA/GENE_INFO/Invertebrates/Caenorhabditis_elegans.gene_info.gz

2.7

Avg. 637.4

Min 135

Max 2612

Avg. 2438.8

Min 1820

Max 3170

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/DATA/GENE_INFO/Invertebrates/Drosophila_melanogaster.gene_info.gz

3.8

Avg. 1145.6

Min 193

Max 4944

Avg. 3496.6

Min 2601

Max 4134

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/DATA/GENE_INFO/Mammalia/Homo_sapiens.gene_info.gz

9.4

Avg. 2003

Min 493

Max 7917

Avg. 12088

Min 5998

Max 32284

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/DATA/GENE_INFO/Mammalia/Mus_musculus.gene_info.gz

11.2

Avg. 2076.2

Min 681

Max 7344

Avg. 9371.2

Min 7751

Max 12110

Totals

28.6 MB

1278.2 MS

6038.7 MS