CACHE SELECTION FUNCTIONS AND TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING CLIENT REQUESTS

Methods and systems for handling requests received from a client for information stored on a server. In general, when a request for information is received, cache functions are bypassed or executed based on whether an execution of cache functions in an attempt to access the information from cache is likely to slow processing of a request for the information without at least some compensating reduction in processing time for a request for the information received at a later time. Also described is receiving information that identifies the location of a resource within a domain and selecting a cache based on the information that identifies the location of the resource within the domain.