ID-replication for structured peer-to-peer systems

Abstract

Structured overlay networks, like any distributed system, use replication to avoid losing data in the presence of failures. In this paper, we discuss the short-comings of existing replication schemes and propose a technique for replication, called ID-Replication. ID-Replication allows different replication degrees for keys in the system, thus allowing popular data to have more copies. We discuss how ID-Replication is less sensitive to churn compared to existing replication schemes, which makes ID-Replication better suited for building consistent services on top of overlays compared to other schemes. Furthermore, we show why ID-Replication is simpler to load-balance and more secure compared to successor-list replication. We evaluate our scheme in detail, and compare it with successor-list replication. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.