Re: [Fwd: CDDB]

Chris Laird (chris_laird_75 nospam at yahoo.com)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:08:15 -0800 (PST)

> The problem is having a central database which is
> susceptible to single point of failure and to administrative
revolutions
> like this.

[snip]

> A network of servers can exchange update information and make
requests of
> each other, so no one server has to shoulder the whole load.
Something
> vaguely like the DNS system would be appropriate.
>

If we're thinking of a distributed system, could we base it on CORBA?
Or is that too heavyweight for what we're trying to do?

Chris
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