AOL as a 'NOW' Internet as a 'NOW'

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Brews~er Kahle
Jan 11, 1996
UCB Network of Workstations Re~rea~
AME CA
AOL as a NOW
America Online ¥2.6
Large Cluster of Unix and NT, hubs
routers
¯ lOk’s of s~multaneous users
¯ >1Ok new users a day
Heterogeneous computing and
networking
Off the shelf software, mostly
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Operation for AOL
ScalabH~ty:
.tripled last year
~4 million emaH messages/day
¯ e.g. gopher/wa~s gateway ~s 13
machines, emaJl gateway is several.
.el~abHity: machines, network,
software
Conservative
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Intern tas a NOW
~ D~stributed AOL or Dia
Protocols: few,
¯
server software: many,
¯ client software: bunches,
¯ server ~nstances: lots
<<<<<Value of the net
¯
client instances: tons <<<<<Va ,ue of the net
Unix is losing ~ts dominance to:
¯ dedicated hardware
PC’s, Macs, NT
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Infrastructure Needs
Caching: "cFTP, cHTTP"?
Log ~nfo for b~ll~ng/adverfis~ng ~o owner
Control of d~str~bufion
¯
T~mely changes of da~a
~eliab~lity
¯
Mirroring ~s klunky
,
Network ho~tspots
¯
Server adm~n’s graduate: no arch~v~ng ye~
Supernodes "in" network: MIPS,
storage, bandw~dkh, remote control:
°ava server?
Infrastructure needs (more)
Multi-user "sockets" ~or app development:
¯
Chat, MUD’s, V~rtual spaces
.ealtime applications:
¯
Telephone, conf ca .s, fasb~wi~ch games
Virtual University: beyond the lecture hall
¯ Video-on-demand for campus lectures
¯
Extend libraries from paper to Lectures,
class notes, etc. (tertiary s~orage, caching,
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C nclu ®
0 Internet could be the mother of all ’NOW’s
0 Internet needs help
0 Internet is worth helping
Trends: Heavier usage,
R~cher files,
Towards realtime