Case Study: Scoop for Partial Read From P2P Database

A peer-to-peer database is a database that its relations are horizontally fragmented and distributed among the nodes of a peer-to-peer network. Each node is potentially both a client and a server of the database. Peer-to-peer databases are distinguished from the more generic distributed databases by the sheer size of the database in terms of the participating nodes, as well as higher dynamism of the data, nodes, and the interconnection network. Correspondingly, these distinctive features necessitate provision of more scalable and dynamic data management mechanisms for peer-to-peer databases (As compared to those for the generic distributed databases).