1. A method comprising: identifying resources of an originating node; communicating, from the originating node, information to at least another node, the information comprising a request to change a mode of operation of the originating node from a peer mode of operation to a client mode of operation based on the identified resources; maintaining a connection to one or more neighbor nodes after changing from the peer mode to the client mode; and receiving, in response to the communicated information, data specifying whether a distributed hash table is in a transition state, wherein the peer mode of operation includes a maintenance of a peer-to-peer overlay network, and wherein the client mode of operation inhibits at least the maintenance of the peer-to-peer overlay network.