On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Mark Pace Balzan wrote: > Alex, is there any open source or development software for p2p > caching available.
I am not a P2P expert. At the workshop, I talked to one of the authors of the paper mentioned below. He claimed that they are the only game in town. Their software is closed, IIRC. I would recommend you to read the paper and e-mail the authors for first-hand information and expert advice. I would not be surprised if they would be interested in beta testers. Alex. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Rousskov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 4:58 PM > Subject: [isp-caching] Re: introduction + peer 2 peer traffic > > > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Amos Rosenboim wrote: > > > > > i'm working as a Head of networking team for an isp in israel. When > > > we analyzed our traffic ( using Allot Netenforcer ) we have noitced > > > the dominance of the peer to peer applications. For our broadband > > > users it's between 40-60% of total traffic ( more then http) and for > > > the dial up users it's about 30% which is a heavy compettion to the > > > http traffic. has anyone done similiar analysis to confirm or > > > disconfirm my analysis ? Does anyone know of any caching solution to > > > such traffic ? > > > > There was a paper on caching feasibility for P2P networks presented at > > the last Web Caching Workshop: > > > > "Are File Swapping Networks Cacheable? Characterizing P2P Traffic" > > by Nathaniel Leibowitz, Aviv Bergman, Roy Ben-Shaul, Aviv Shavit > > http://2002.iwcw.org/ > > > > IIRC, the authors have implemented a P2P caching system, and the paper > > has interesting real-world measurements and caveats. > > > > HTH, > > > > Alex. -- | HTTP performance - Web Polygraph benchmark www.measurement-factory.com | HTTP compliance+ - Co-Advisor test suite | all of the above - PolyBox appliance ____________ The ISP-CACHING Discussion List ___________ To Join: mailto:join-isp-caching@;isp-caching.com To Remove: mailto:remove-isp-caching@;isp-caching.com Archives: http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-caching/archives/
