Readings for CSc 450: Web Technologies and Performance

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Content Delivery Networks

Background
• M. Day, B. Cain, G. Tomlinson, and P. Rzewski, 2001. A Model for Content Internetworking (CDI). Internet draft.
• M. Green, B. Cain, G. Tomlinson, S. Thomas, P. Rzewski, 2001. Content Internetworking Architectural Overview. Internet draft.
• A. Barbir, B. Cain, F. Douglis, M. Green, M. Hofmann, R. Nair, D. Potter, and O. Spatscheck, 2001. Known CDN Request-Routing Mechanisms. Internet draft.
• M. Day, D. Gilletti, and P. Rzewski, 2001. Content Internetworking Scenarios. Internet draft.
Technologies
• Akamai, 2000. Fast Internet Content Delivery with FreeFlow. Akamai whitepaper. Local copy.
• D. Karger, et al, 1997. Consistent Hashing and Random Trees: Distributed Caching Protocols for Relieving Hot Spots on the World Wide Web. STOC.
• M. Korupolu and M. Dahlin, 1999. Coordinated Placement and Replacement for Large-Scale Distributed Caches. Workshop on Internet Applications.
• Biliris et al, 2001. CDN Brokering. Proc. of Sixth Int'l Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution.
Performance
• Kirk L. Johnson, John F. Carr, Mark S. Day and M. Frans Kaashoek, 2000. The Measured Performance of Content Distribution Networks. Proc. of Fifth Int'l Workshop on Web Caching and Content Delivery.
• Balachander Krishnamurthy, Craig Wills, and Yin Zhang, 2001. On the use and performance of content distribution networks. ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Workshop.