File handling in illustrator

Hello,
Can somebody tell me how file handling is done within illustrator?
When opening a ai file, what happens? Is a cached file created, and if so, where? Is the whole file loaded into AI without roots to the physical file?
Thanks!

Situation:
We have a colleague that sometimes works at home.
Via VPN, she opens an AI file that is situated on the server and works on that file. But the problem is that drawing, moving etc in the artboard is very slow.
Now i am investigating how file handling is done. If a cache file is downloaded to the local pc by the Illustrator program, or all file handling is done on the server.

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