Hybrid Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System
A Hybrid Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System is a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networking System that has central server that takes an intermediary role in the system.
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- See: Distributed Computing, Network Architecture, Node Networking, Client-Server, Processing Power, Disk Storage, Network Bandwidth, Client Computing, Server Computing, Decentralized Networking System.
References
2003
- (Maly et al., 2003) ⇒ Robin Jan Maly, Jan Mischke, Pascal Kurtansky, and Burkhard Stiller (2003). "Comparison of Centralized (Client-Server) and Decentralized (peer-to-peer) Networking". In: Semester thesis, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1-12.
- QUOTE: Unlike the pure Peer-to-Peer model, hybrid Peer-to-Peer models, such as Napster, incorporate some traces of the Client-Server relationship. Hybrid in the case of Peer-to-Peer means, that there is a central server in the system, but it takes only an intermediary role in the system. Central servers within the network fulfill two primary functions. First, they act as central directories where either connected users or indexed content can be mapped to the current IP address. Second, the servers direct traffic among the peers. Normally the initial communication of a peer is done with a server (1), e.g., to obtain the location identity of a peer, followed by (2) direct communication with that peer, see Figure 3.
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