ry process will only occur once, meaning subsequent requests will be accelerated.</div></aside></div><figure style=width:100%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:70.11884550084889%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.26/blog/2022/merbridge/4.png title="Same-node acceleration"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.26/blog/2022/merbridge/4.png alt="Same-node acceleration"></a></div><figcaption>Same-node acceleration</figcaption></figure><h3 id=connection-relationship>Connection relatio