We've been looking forward to writing this update. Not only because it spills detail on the status of our testnet (which up until this point we've confirmed only as 'in development'), but also because we'll soon be announcing how you can be part of the testing process and experience the network for yourself. But more on that at the end of this article.
First, some context. Following several months of focused R&D, the last two quarters of 2017 saw us rapidly progress development on the network, taking our testnet to live in October and moving it into production testing with a single web service (DADI CDN) in November.
The testnet is currently small - it's running on our hardware testbed with Netwise in London Bridge, and across a bunch of Raspberry Pi's connected to routers in our employees' homes.
The Raspberry Pi is a low-powered, low-footprint machine, developed with affordability and versatility in mind. These features make it a great low-end benchmark for performance testing the Host component of the network.
But being small doesn't mean that it lacks punch. The predominantly Pi-powered testnet has handled over 5m requests in the last two months and has maintained 100% uptime.
Network nodes
The testnet is running all three major components of the DADI network: Stargates, Gateways and Hosts. Each has a unique role to play in enabling our decentralized infrastructure, and the current version of each that is deployed to the testnet reflects what we consider to be a minimum working product.
Stargates
Stargates manage DNS and routing in the network, distributing incoming traffic to the appropriate Gateway, based on their knowledge of which Gateways are handling requests for the corresponding web service.
They also manage the distribution of application data to all Gateways and Hosts, as well as handling the coordination of network devices, allowing the network to 'talk'. Realtime communication between devices in the network enables the scaling resources on demand.
Gateways
Updates
Last Updated:
September 2019
