Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks
Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been under investigation for several years now, with many novel mechanisms proposed as is shown by available articles. Much of the research focused on showing how the proposed mechanism improves system performance. In addition, several applications were proposed to h...
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| author | Newton Masinde Liat Khitman Iakov Dlikman Kalman Graffi |
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| description | Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been under investigation for several years now, with many novel mechanisms proposed as is shown by available articles. Much of the research focused on showing how the proposed mechanism improves system performance. In addition, several applications were proposed to harness the benefits of the P2P networks. Of these applications, online social networks (OSNs) raised much interest particularly because of the scalability and privacy concerns with centralized OSNs, hence several proposals are in existence. However, accompanying studies on the overall performance of the P2P network under the weight of the OSN applications outside simulations are very few, if any. In this paper, the aim is to undertake a systematic evaluation of the performance of a P2P framework for online social networks called LibreSocial. Benchmark tests are designed, taking into account the random behavior of users, effects of churn on system stability and effect of replication factor. We manage to run benchmark tests for up to 2000 nodes and show the performance against costs of the system in general. From the results it is evident that LibreSocial’s performance is capable of meeting the needs of users. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6796a1a0db02488697a0c6a1ffa14bd62023-11-20T10:50:39ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032020-08-0112914010.3390/fi12090140Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social NetworksNewton Masinde0Liat Khitman1Iakov Dlikman2Kalman Graffi3Technology of Social Networks, Heinrich Heine University, Universitatsstrasse 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, GermanyTechnology of Social Networks, Heinrich Heine University, Universitatsstrasse 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, GermanyTechnology of Social Networks, Heinrich Heine University, Universitatsstrasse 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, GermanyTechnology of Social Networks, Heinrich Heine University, Universitatsstrasse 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, GermanyPeer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been under investigation for several years now, with many novel mechanisms proposed as is shown by available articles. Much of the research focused on showing how the proposed mechanism improves system performance. In addition, several applications were proposed to harness the benefits of the P2P networks. Of these applications, online social networks (OSNs) raised much interest particularly because of the scalability and privacy concerns with centralized OSNs, hence several proposals are in existence. However, accompanying studies on the overall performance of the P2P network under the weight of the OSN applications outside simulations are very few, if any. In this paper, the aim is to undertake a systematic evaluation of the performance of a P2P framework for online social networks called LibreSocial. Benchmark tests are designed, taking into account the random behavior of users, effects of churn on system stability and effect of replication factor. We manage to run benchmark tests for up to 2000 nodes and show the performance against costs of the system in general. From the results it is evident that LibreSocial’s performance is capable of meeting the needs of users.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/9/140distributed systemspeer-to-peer networkssocial networksframeworkperformance evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Newton Masinde Liat Khitman Iakov Dlikman Kalman Graffi Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks Future Internet distributed systems peer-to-peer networks social networks framework performance evaluation |
| title | Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks |
| title_full | Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks |
| title_fullStr | Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks |
| title_short | Systematic Evaluation of LibreSocial—A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Online Social Networks |
| title_sort | systematic evaluation of libresocial a peer to peer framework for online social networks |
| topic | distributed systems peer-to-peer networks social networks framework performance evaluation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/9/140 |
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