SIL: Modeling and Measuring Scalable Peer-to-Peer Search Networks (Extended version)
Brian F. Cooper, Héctor García-Molina · 2002
Abstract. The popularity of peer-to-peer search networks continues to grow, even as the limitations to the scalability of existing systems become apparent. We pro-pose a simple model for search networks, called the Search/Index Links (SIL) model. The SIL model describes existing networks while also yielding organiza-tions not previously studied. Using analytical and simulation results, we argue that one new organization, parallel search clusters, is superior to existing supernode networks in many cases. 1