1. An apparatus configured to operate in a distributed peer-to-peer metadata cache environment, the apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory; a set of logics; and an interface to connect the processor, the memory, and the set of logics, wherein the set of logics comprises: a first logic configured to store metadata associated with a local copy of a file; a second logic configured to store data that facilitates storing the most up-to-date metadata for the local copy of the file in the peer-to-peer metadata cache environment; a third logic configured to store data that facilitates locating, in the peer-to-peer metadata cache environment, the most up-to-date metadata for the local copy of the file; and a fourth logic configured to acquire the most up-to-date metadata for the local copy of the file.