Research on Characteristics of Workload and User Behaviors in P2P File-Sharing System

Nowadays, Characteristics and user behavior of P2P file sharing system attract more attention. In this paper, we investigated system characteristics and user behavior in P2P file sharing system by using user log data of Maze system. We firstly confirmed that the users’ request and the workload in P2P file sharing system have strong time characteristic. And then we analyzed composition of workload in P2P system. Finally we pointed out that different users have different roles to contribute the workload and summarized the characteristics of these users online time in P2P system.