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Hub -> centralized servers

Centralized servers - multiple - interconnected - ( lets say 4-5 )
→ predefined IP address in code ( hardcoded ) -> initiating connection
→ every time at least 2 central server connection ( fault tolerance )
→ central server use hash table for the file name and peer information DHT

Peer connect with central servers 
→ peer informs file to be uploaded -- upload -- this will be saved in central server hash table
→ connection alive every 10 mins check 

Search
→ contact central server with filename ( search module )
→ file name exact matching
→ multiple files with the same hash stored in a different table ( replication )

Download
→ get file meta and corresponding peers
→ divide the file into chunks and download parts ( from which peer, which chunk ) ( load balancing )
→ each chunk verification by hash matching ( chunk security and validation )
→ complete file hash matching ( file authenticity )

< key, value > -> key = file name, value = peer ip address, timestamp, file hash, size
resolving ip address? -> node unique id? 
hub having range of unique ids for peers

-> new hub joining protocol
-> new peer joining protocol
	-> unique id or ip address
-> file upload protocol
	-> file indexing
-> file download protocol
-> hash verification 
-> peer or hub runtime -> connection alive checking protocol


RPC client

Hub:
Uid :: 32 bytes
Port1 :: listens for peer hubs
Port2 :: data servers communication

Cmd :: ./hub -p13000 -p2 4000



Dnode
Uid :: it will be given by any one of the hubs
Port1 :: data port for other data nodes

Port2 :: rpc client port
Upload files
 
Download files


	

Cmd :: ./dnode -h ip:port -p1 5000 -p2 6000

RPC client

./rpc_client -dnode ip:port -u file_name
./rpc_client -dnode ip:port -d file_name


- HUb communication

Join

-d filename
Result ::  Index_data of the file, destination servers ip address
-u filename
Result::  destination ip addresses


File indexing

Split the file into chunks of 2MB
Hash each chunk (32 bytes)
Hash the concatenation of the chunk hashes, this will serve as file hash.

DHT::
File_name , file_hash
File_hash, {index_data, destination_server_uids}

In-memory data structure 
	Dnode_uid, dnode_ip, dnode_port, dnode_flags (32 bytes + 4 bytes + 2 bytes + 2 bytes) (40 bytes)



HUb -hub communication

1_ search for file_name
2) file_hash

2 users:
hub
map for file name, file hash
map for file hash, file information < list of peers to download from >
alive peers list
client
maintains map for uploaded files
map for file name, file hash
map for file hash, file information:
file location
size
file name

hub:
initialization:
initialize DHT
unique id for peers initialization
ports open ( two server ports )
while running:
Check for peer state when 
upload request:	
check file hash similar file present
check filename and size ( replication )
add as another peer for file
else
create new index with this file hash
on download request:
check file by file name ( complete matching )
check if peers are alive or not for peers last active before 30 mins:
if not then set not active
if active then check for file upload by peer
send list to requesting peer

peer:
initialization:
predefined ip address list of hubs
try connection with 2 
get unique id and client details
system start:
recheck hub connections

check files uploaded are available or not
upload:
divide file into chunks and keep chunks hash
create file hash
 send file details to hubs ( filename, size, uid, file hash, chunks hash )
download:
request list from hubs
from list check connection with peers
keep a queue for chunks
download chunks from different peers
verify each chunk
at the end verify whole file hash
seed ( replicate upload )
checkup by hub:
check if file is present for upload or not ( last checkup before 30 mins )
if not then return FALSE
else send TRUE


if node rejects download request:
send FAIL to hub 
hub rechecks connection with corresponding peer for file
if refused, remove peer from list of ip address for file
if only 1 peer was there so delete file only

if hub fails:
peers find new hub and send upload details for files

if peer fails:
while downloading restart chunk download from another peer



# dnode directory



make sure to make bin and test directory in the root folder of the project. 
for example if your project is at ~/Desktop/PeerToPeer_DistributedFileSystem,
make sure that you have ~/Desktop/PeerToPeer_DistributedFileSystem/test and ~/Desktop/PeerToPeer_DistributedFileSystem/bin present as well

samples folder is created only because we are testing the system on one local machine only, so when we run dnode1, it upload the file present in samples folder (see dnode1.sh, you will see that the path of the file being uploaded is there.)