Shared-Storage Auction Ensures Data Availability

• Main Authors: LAUW, Hady W., HUI, Siu-Cheung, LAI, Edmund M. K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: client-server architecture; e-auction; peer-to-peer; storage; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1513; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2512/viewcontent/SharedStorageAuction_2004_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Most current e-auction systems are based on the client-server architecture. Such centralized systems provide a single point of failure and control. In contrast, peer-to-peer systems permit distributed control and minimize individual node and link failures' impact on the system. The shared-stora...