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Peer to Peer: Collaboration and Sharing over the Internet
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Peer to Peer: Collaboration and Sharing over the Internet

by Bo Leuf
June 2002
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
12h 43m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Architectural Models

The three architectural models for p2p considered here are

  • Atomistic

  • User-centric

  • Data-centric

The last two are similar in that they usually rely on centralized servers to mediate connectivity based on directories of users or resources and data.

Each model is examined to show its main and distinctive characteristics.

Atomistic P2P

In the atomistic model ( AP2P), all nodes are equally server and client. There is no central administration or connection arbiter, although such might be implemented as distributed services within the network. For purists, this model is the original and only “true” p2p architecture.

Each node in the atomistic model is autonomous and fully manages its own resources and connectivity. Figure 2.2 shows ...

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