Abstract
The last few years have seen a burgeoning of p2p designs, but also a worrisome push back and skeptical resistance against much of this research (and development). We propose a new research direction that seeks to find common ground between the purely centralized architecture and the p2p systems. We propose a new class of systems called "P2P-izers", which incentivize existing centralized infrastructures to utilize p2p solutions. A P2P-izer ensures that p2p technologies compliment existing centralized solutions. Finally, we show the feasibility of this direction by experimentally quantifying the advantages of a simple proof of concept P2P-izer solution for website hosting.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-17 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Operating Systems Review (ACM) |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Networks and Communications