A Fault Tolerant Peer-To-Peer Replication Network

Abstract — We propose a fault tolerant, peer-to-peer replication
network for synchronizing files across multiple hosts. The
proposed topology is constructed by applying existing
technologies and tools to ensure that files are kept synchronized
even after subsequent modifications. One of its main advantages
lies in the fact that there is no central authority to coordinate the
process, hosts are connected in a peer-to-peer fashion, thus
avoiding a single point of failure. Our proposal is intended for
use in networks of personal computers where a small number of
hosts have to be synchronized.

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1. A fault-tolerant peer-to-peer replication network Radu Potop Otto Iovanici
2. Replication network Syncronizes files across computers Data available wherever you go Home Work Remote
3. How do you do it? What we initially wanted to do: Star topology network S C C C C client server
4. How do you do it? But... What if the server goes down? S C C C C ? ? ? ? Bye
5. Peer-to-peer Descentralized Each peer (node) is both client and server Mesh topology (fully connected)
6. Fault tolerant What if a node goes down? The network does not suffer
7. Fault tolerant Nodes can be added and removed Particular to our network: permits any file transfer is secure grants ASAP availability of data
8. Technology SSH secure network public key authentification private / closed network needs initial configuration
9. Technology Unison two-way synchronization Sync Result A B 1 2 A B 1,2 1,2
10. Technology Cron Sync every hour Bash script Reads IP list Runs Unison Sync IP list between nodes
11. How does it all work? Node A syncs (in order) to B, C and D A B C D 1 2 3 4 Step 1
12. How does it all work? Each node syncs to every other node A B C D 1,2,3,4 1,2 1,2,3 1,2,3,4 Step 2
13. Characteristics ASAP availability of data Consistent data across nodes Some overhead Inneficient for large networks
14. Demonstration
15. Thank you