> If there's a problem that's caused by nodes not being able to handle
> the load put on them, it seems logical to me to work on making the
> nodes more efficient, so they're able to handle the increased load.

No, they can handle the load so far as efficiency is concerned, but the 
algorithm can't handle the load - and no amount of performance tweaking 
will change that.

> Disk space is cheap, I don't see much reason for nodes not to cache
> everything they can get their hands on.

Because then they won't specialise.

> I see the biggest improvement that can be made is NIO, with bugfixes
> and usability improvements coming second.  Of course I could be wrong.

In this case, you are - you have missed the point.

Ian.

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Ian Clarke                                                  ian at locut.us
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Founder, Locutus                                        http://locut.us/
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