2.5.4.4.3.2 Main Success Scenario

  1. The user requests the application to read a file.

  2. The application obtains content identifiers by using one of the mechanisms in section 2.5.4.3.

  3. The client broadcasts a probe message, as described in [MS-PCCRD], to discover if any distributed cache peers have the required content.

  4. No distributed cache peer responds with an indication of content.

    Note Successful discovery would be via the Peer Content Caching and Retrieval Discovery Protocol, as described in [MS-PCCRD].

  5. The content client retrieves the data from the content server.

  6. The retrieved data is placed in the local cache of the content client computer.

  7. The content client retrieves the data from the local cache and supplies that data to the application.

  8. The application delivers the file contents to the user.

  9. The retrieved data is placed in the distributed cache of the content client computer.