Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs)

In a Chord network, after notifying the successor and predecessor pointers during a node join, what critical step follows to ensure network integrity?

In a Chord network, if Peer 3 has an ID of 32 and a new peer joins with an ID that affects Peer 3's finger table, what is the most immediate concern?

Consider a Chord network where Peer 2 is joining. If Peer 3 sends a message to Peer 2 to warn of a potential finger table update, what does this indicate about Peer 3's position relative to Peer 2?

In a Chord network, the update(target=32, new-peer=2) message implies:

In analyzing a Chord ring, why is it important to ensure that the finger tables of other peers are updated when a new peer joins the network?

When updating finger tables in a Chord network after a peer joins, what is the significance of the mod 64 operation (assuming a keyspace of 64)?

If Peer 7 needs to determine which peers might fall within its authority field for i=4 (meaning PeerID + $2^4$), what range of IDs is Peer 7 effectively checking for?

Why does the Chord protocol emphasize notifying successor and predecessor pointers during a node join?

When a new peer integrates into a Chord network, what is the primary purpose of propagating updates to finger tables?

If a DHT is analogous to a hash table, what aspect of the DHT corresponds to the 'key' in the hash table analogy?

In the context of DHTs, what does the term 'value' typically represent in a key-value pair?

How do DHTs facilitate the creation of complex services such as P2P networks?

Why is it inaccurate to narrowly associate DHTs exclusively with P2P (peer-to-peer) networks?

What role does a Key-Value store play in a DHT system?

Imagine a DHT-based system for Twitter. Which of the following best exemplifies the 'key' in the key-value abstraction?

In an Amazon-like e-commerce platform using a DHT, what would likely be stored as the 'value' associated with an item number (the 'key')?

In the context of DHTs, how does the concept of a 'dictionary data-structure' apply to key-value stores?

Why is the distributed nature of key-value stores important when dealing with large volumes of data?

In a system where there is too much data to maintain on a single server, what is the 'Key Idea' in addressing this challenge?

When considering the challenges of distributed systems, such as DHTs, what does 'Fault Tolerance' primarily address?

In the context of DHT scalability, what is the key benefit of allowing easy addition of new machines to the network?

What aspect of distributed systems does 'Consistency' primarily address?

In a directory-based architecture with recursive queries, what is the primary function of the 'master' or 'directory' node?

In a distributed system utilizing a directory-based architecture, what is a drawback of having a centralized 'master' node?

Considering a Chord network with peer IDs from 0 to 63, which is the correct formula to calculate a peer's $i^{th}$ finger?

In a Chord network, if Peer A's ID is 10, and it is determining its finger table entry for $i = 2$, which of the following IDs would Peer A need to consider to identify the successor?

If Peer X with ID 35 is joining a Chord network, and Peer Y with ID 40 discovers that Peer X should be its new predecessor, what immediate actions should Peer Y take?

What is the primary purpose of 'finger tables' in a Chord DHT?