Rheeve : a plug-n-play peer-to-peer computing platform

Abstract

As the peer-to-peer (P2P) computing paradigm receives more and more attention, it is now necessary to provide computing platforms to offer an environment to build P2P applications. In this paper, we describe Rheeve, a computing platform that provides support for the development of HTTP-enabled, efficient and fault-tolerant P2P applications. Rheeve has a highly modular system architecture and scalable mechanisms for efficient peer connections and service discovery and delivery. Its work distribution and execution facility enables sharing of computation resources in a language and protocol independent manner. Rheeve also provides a visual programming interface, which, together with the underlying JavaBeans technology, supports a plug-n-play style of application design.