Michael Wiktowy <spam at mindless.com> wrote: > > FROM: finney.org > > I want to reiterate a comment I made earlier, with regard to storing > > things into the Freenet under a "searchkey" like mp3. This is not > > going to work, because too many documents will use that keyword, and > > they will all try to go onto that one node (even if the "documents" are > > just index or metadata entries there are too many). > > I read your concerns before and can totally see where you are coming > from. There certainly will be an increased load on IPs that the smart > routing thinks should the the home for hashes of popular keywords. There > are other things to consider though. I don't know how the routing > algorithm works exactly but it seems to me that it's focus can be > adjusted. What I mean is the "best" IP for a particular hash may not > strictly be one single IP but rather a group of IPs. By adjusting the > fuzziness of the targeting you might reduce the efficiency of the routing > mechanism by a hop or two but the load on the targeted server will be > dropped by a lot more.
I don't think this is really a problem. The thing is, the routing is not absolute -- it's not the case that globally, 123.56.78.* might have a really big affinity for the hash of the keyword mp3. Each node decides for itself which target it thinks might have an affinity for mp3, based on "past experience." If we draw all those associations as a graph, it's possible all the arrows would go towards a single node, but more likely they would swirl into a stream that loops around and doesn't go anywhere in particular. theo _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
