Overview
- The reader will learn how to build their own P2P system
- A new P2P model will be introduced
- Software will be provided
- Examples will be given so that readers can test different approaches
- The model can support 2 to several million computers
- Java will be used as the programming language and can be implemented on different platforms
- Wireless P2P systems will be presented in the book
Part of the book series: Computer Communications and Networks (CCN)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Client/Server architecture for computing systems was first proposed in the late 1980s as an alternative to conventional mainframes. Processing in the mainframe quickly becomes a bottleneck in any system. Client/server models shift the processing burden to the client computer. Through workload sharing, client/server systems can improve efficiency while reducing costs.
Companies are again searching for ways to improve their processing power without further investment in new hardware and software. Many client computers are idle most of the time, and have unused disk space. The next logical step is to maximise the use of these computers. The peer-to-peer (P2P) model is the answer.
A new and simple peer-to-peer model will be introduced in this book, which will teach readers to install peer-to-peer systems in which users can share their computing power. The target readers are those who have basic Java knowledge and are interested in building (or testing the performance of) peer-to-peer systems.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
BSc, MSc, PhD.
Chartered Engineer, United Kingdom.
Chartered Mathematician, United Kingdom.
Chartered Information Technology Professional, United Kingdom.
He has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering and Science in 2001, 2002 and 2004. They are planning to hold the next conference in London in late 2005 or early 2006.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Peer-to-Peer Computing
Book Subtitle: Building Supercomputers with Web Technologies
Authors: Alfred Wai-Sing Loo
Series Title: Computer Communications and Networks
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-747-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-381-9Published: 29 December 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-747-3Published: 18 October 2007
Series ISSN: 1617-7975
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8433
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 268
Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Computer System Implementation, Processor Architectures, Computer Hardware