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Virtual Repositories

Eliminate the centralized repository by placing it on a distributed consistency protocol by ensuring reliable message delivery, effective message dissemination, and global message ordering

Advantages

Eliminate the performance bottleneck introduced by accessing the single-host central repository

Eliminate the bandwidth bottleneck at the central repository

Permit better fault tolerance

 

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