Most of the research in the field of peer-to-peer file sharing systems has concentrated on performance issues such as efficient file lookup, replicating files to improve file download speeds etc. However there is a new challenge that questions the very existence and usefulness of such systems in the form of ”Free Riding”. This paper studies the seriousness of the negative impact that free ridin...

As storage capacities increase, finding and organizing data becomes increasingly challenging. Conventional approaches to organization for file systems fail to effectively provide for the needs of petascale storage, because hierarchical namespaces do not scale and must rely on ad hoc utilities. Previous solutions do not incorporate relationships as search terms, nor were they designed for today’...