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vTrails – P2P Content Delivery Network

Israeli startup vTrails has developed a patent-pending technology for P2P video distribution called Full Duplex Packet Cascading (FDPC). Their solution consists of a client-installed driver that works with the popular streaming media clients from Real Networks, Microsoft, and Apple, the FDPC router, called VT Cast, and, for even better performance, one or more VT Edge servers. The client installs the driver, and requests a video clip. The VT Cast server analyzes user requests using a proprietary algorithm and arranges the users into hierarchical trees. It then receives a single stream from the originating media server and sends it to only a few top-of-the-tree users, whose machines redistribute the stream to other requestors who are nearby, network-wise. If clients desire to increase quality of service and reliability, vTrails can deploy VT Edge servers, which accept a single stream from VT Cast and parcel it out locally.

 

There's more on vTrails in Part 2 of CTOMentor's peer-to-peer white paper: Peer-to-Peer Computing and Business Networks: More Than Meets the Ear, Part 2 – How Are Businesses Using P2P? Part 2 is available at MindCrossing for a fee of $50. Part 1 - What is P2P? is available for free at CTOMentor.


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