P2PTester: a tool for measuring P2P platform performance

Abstract

The current abundance and complexity of P2P architectures makes it extremely difficult to assess their performance. P2PTester is the first tool devised to interface with, and measure the performance of, existing P2P data management platforms. We isolate basic components present in current P2P platforms, and insert "hooks" for P2PTester to capture, analyze and trace the interactions taking place in the underlying distributed system.