A collective approach to harness idle resources of end nodes

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Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Engineering
Department Computing
Author Goyal, Sachin
Title A collective approach to harness idle resources of end nodes
Date 2011-08
Description We propose a collective approach for harnessing the idle resources (cpu, storage, and bandwidth) of nodes (e.g., home desktops) distributed across the Internet. Instead of a purely peer-to-peer (P2P) approach, we organize participating nodes to act collectively using collective managers (CMs). Participating nodes provide idle resources to CMs, which unify these resources to run meaningful distributed services for external clients. We do not assume altruistic users or employ a barter-based incentive model; instead, participating nodes provide resources to CMs for long durations and are compensated in proportion to their contribution. In this dissertation we discuss the challenges faced by collective systems, present a design that addresses these challenges, and study the effect of selfish nodes. We believe that the collective service model is a useful alternative to the dominant pure P2P and centralized work queue models. It provides more effective utilization of idle resources, has a more meaningful economic model, and is better suited for building legal and commercial distributed services. We demonstrate the value of our work by building two distributed services using the collective approach. These services are a collective content distribution service and a collective data backup service.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Idle resources; end nodes; collective managers
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Doctor of Philosophy
Language eng
Rights Management © Sachin Goyal
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 1,035,763 bytes
Identifier us-etd3,45292
Source Original housed in Marriott Library Special Collections, QA3.5 2011 .G69
ARK ark:/87278/s6c25b4f
Setname ir_etd
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c25b4f
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