MACROMEDIA BREEZE 5, Manual

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Introduction to edge servers 7
An edge server is configured to intercept the requests for Breeze services from a particular
zone, to collect or aggregate these requests, and transmit them to the origin Breeze server. The
Breeze server returns the results to the edge server, which forwards the data to the user’s client
computer. A networked Breeze deployment might have multiple edge servers installed. For
example, one edge server might aggregate and forward requests from San Francisco and
another might aggregate and forward requests from Boston. Each edge server gathers the
requests from its clients and forwards them to the origin Breeze server located in a data center
in Chicago, receives the responses from the origin Breeze server, then transmits and distributes
them to the clients in its zone.
Boston
Meeting X
Breeze Edge
San Francisco
Meeting X
Breeze Edge
Breeze
Chicago
Company A