1. A method for optimizing a computer's access to information, the method comprising: maintaining a first database that includes status information about a plurality of computers within a network; maintaining a second database that includes content information about the plurality of computers within the network; filtering the content information of the second database using the status information of the first database, at a time of a request for information; and accessing at least one of the plurality of computers within the network based on the filtered content information of the second database.