CONTENT SOURCE SELECTION IN A P2P NETWORK

A method includes aggregating telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. The method further includes receiving from a first peer computer of the peer-to-peer network via the computer network a content-acquisition request querying for a recommended content source to provide a first digital content item, and sending to the first peer computer via the computer network a response to the content-acquisition request, the response identifies a second peer computer of the peer-to-peer network that has the first digital content item as the recommended content source. The second peer computer is selected according to a peer selection metric derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.