Ebook: Benchmarking Peer-to-Peer Systems: Understanding Quality of Service in Large-Scale Distributed Systems

Peer-to-peer systems are now widely used and have become the focus of attention for many researchers over the past decade. A number of algorithms for decentralized search, content distribution, and media streaming have been developed. This book provides fundamental concepts for the benchmarking of those algorithms in peer-to-peer systems. It also contains a collection of characteristic benchmarking results. The chapters of the book have been organized in three topical sections on: Fundamentals of Benchmarking in P2P Systems; Synthetic Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems; and Application Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems. They are preceded by a detailed introduction to the subject.

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Peer-to-peer systems are now widely used and have become the focus of attention for many researchers over the past decade. A number of algorithms for decentralized search, content distribution, and media streaming have been developed. This book provides fundamental concepts for the benchmarking of those algorithms in peer-to-peer systems. It also contains a collection of characteristic benchmarking results. The chapters of the book have been organized in three topical sections on: Fundamentals of Benchmarking in P2P Systems; Synthetic Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems; and Application Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems. They are preceded by a detailed introduction to the subject.

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Peer-to-peer systems are now widely used and have become the focus of attention for many researchers over the past decade. A number of algorithms for decentralized search, content distribution, and media streaming have been developed. This book provides fundamental concepts for the benchmarking of those algorithms in peer-to-peer systems. It also contains a collection of characteristic benchmarking results. The chapters of the book have been organized in three topical sections on: Fundamentals of Benchmarking in P2P Systems; Synthetic Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems; and Application Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems. They are preceded by a detailed introduction to the subject.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
A Formal Model for Peer-to-Peer Systems....Pages 15-18
Benchmarking Methodology....Pages 19-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Structured Search Overlays....Pages 49-67
Content Delivery Overlays....Pages 69-79
Decentralized Monitoring in Peer-to-Peer Systems....Pages 81-111
Service Overlays....Pages 113-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Peer-to-Peer Overlays for Online Games....Pages 143-167
Video-Streaming Overlays....Pages 169-193
Summary and Conclusion....Pages 195-197

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Peer-to-peer systems are now widely used and have become the focus of attention for many researchers over the past decade. A number of algorithms for decentralized search, content distribution, and media streaming have been developed. This book provides fundamental concepts for the benchmarking of those algorithms in peer-to-peer systems. It also contains a collection of characteristic benchmarking results. The chapters of the book have been organized in three topical sections on: Fundamentals of Benchmarking in P2P Systems; Synthetic Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems; and Application Benchmarks for Peer-to-Peer Systems. They are preceded by a detailed introduction to the subject.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
A Formal Model for Peer-to-Peer Systems....Pages 15-18
Benchmarking Methodology....Pages 19-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Structured Search Overlays....Pages 49-67
Content Delivery Overlays....Pages 69-79
Decentralized Monitoring in Peer-to-Peer Systems....Pages 81-111
Service Overlays....Pages 113-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Peer-to-Peer Overlays for Online Games....Pages 143-167
Video-Streaming Overlays....Pages 169-193
Summary and Conclusion....Pages 195-197
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