In this paper, we study how Pastry performs in a heterogeneous network environment of varying size. The large traffic overhead for management traffic makes the overlay nonfunctional if it grows too large. This can be circumvented by partitioning the routing tables at the cost of increased path lengths and response times.
Citation:
Fredrik Bjurefors, Lars-Åke Larzon, Richard Gold, "Performance of Pastry in a Heterogeneous System," p2p, pp.278-279, Fourth International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P'04), 2004