On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:01:27PM -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On November 21, 2003 06:41 am, Ian Clarke wrote: > > It seems that we aren't seeing the hoped-for specialization in NGR. > > Rather than futzing about with all sorts of ideas while trying to test > > them in the chaotic real network, we need a simple simulator to help us > > test these ideas. > > One idea to test on that simulator is are we specializing by key or > for fast connections. It seems to me that, by far, the largest chunks > of the NG estimator are from transmission time... When I did the > first stabs at NG I was only basing it on search times and, if > memory serves, it was getting much better numbers. > > Maybe we should be normallizing to a size that does not give > a number much greater than transmission time?
Why? Don't you think we get more accurate numbers by taking into account file size? This allows NGR to balance specialization, transfer speed, and search time for a given request... > > This implies that the simulator needs to be able to simulate > both fast and slow nodes. Yeah, a useful simulator for NGRouting would be a pig. > > Ed > > > The simulator would model a set of Freenet nodes and use the actual > > Estimator code from Freenet, but feeding samples from the simulator into > > it. Initially it would be very simple, each hop would be assumed to > > take a uniform time, nodes would never QR, and all data is the same > > size, and transfer rates are always the same. This would at-least allow > > us to gain a more intuitive understanding of how best to achieve > > specialization in NGR. This would also provide a useful distraction > > from meddling with the real network so that we can allow it to settle > > into a steady-state. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Ian. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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