An adaptive peer-to-peer network for distributed caching of OLAP results

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems are becoming increasingly popular as they enable users to exchange digital information by participating in complex networks. Such systems are inexpensive, easy to use, highly scalable and do not require central administration. Despite their advantages, however, limited work has been done on employing database systems on top of P2P networks. Here we propose the PeerOLAP architecture for supporting On-Line Analytical Processing queries. A large number of low-end clients, each containing a cache with the most useful results, are connected through an arbitrary P2P network. If a query cannot be answered locally (i.e. by using the cache contents of the computer where it is issued), it is propagated through the network until a peer that has cached the answer is found. An answer may also be constructed by partial results from many peers. Thus PeerOLAP acts as a large distributed cache, which amplifies the benefits of traditional client-side caching. The system is fu...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: SIGMOD
• Authors: Panos Kalnis, Wee Siong Ng, Beng Chin Ooi, Dimitris Papadias, Kian-Lee Tan
• Keywords: Arbitrary P2p Network, Database, Large Distributed Cache, P2P Networks, SIGMOD 2002