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The Bittorrent P2P File-Sharing System: Measurements and Analysis

Author(s) -

Johan Pouwelse,

Paweł Garbacki,

Dick Epema,

Henk Sips

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

lecture notes in computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Book series

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249

H-Index - 400

eISSN - 1611-3349

pISSN - 0302-9743

ISBN - 3-540-29068-0

DOI - 10.1007/11558989_19

Subject(s) - bittorrent , computer science , upload , bittorrent tracker , file sharing , file system , torrent file , world wide web , database , peer to peer , journaling file system , operating system , computer file , the internet , eye tracking , computer vision

Of the many P2P file-sharing prototypes in existence, BitTorrent is one of the few that has managed to attract millions of users. BitTorrent relies on other (global) components for file search, employs a moderator system to ensure the integrity of file data, and uses a bartering technique for downloading in order to prevent users from freeriding. In this paper we present a measurement study of BitTorrent in which we focus on four issues, viz. availability, integrity, flashcrowd handling, and download performance. The purpose of this paper is to aid in the understanding of a real P2P system that apparently has the right mechanisms to attract a large user community, to provide measurement data that may be useful in modeling P2P systems, and to identify design issues in such systems.

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