We describe a technique called lookaside caching that combines the strengths of distributed file systems and portable storage devices, while negating their weaknesses. In spite of...
Niraj Tolia, Jan Harkes, Michael Kozuch, Mahadev S...
—Traditional hierarchical namespaces are not sufficient for representing and managing the rich semantics of today’s storage systems. In this paper, we discuss the principles o...
Zhichen Xu, Magnus Karlsson, Chunqiang Tang, Chris...
Parallel disk I/O subsystems are becoming more important in today’s large-scale parallel machines. Parallel disk systems provide a significant boost in I/O performance reducing ...
In this paper, we present the concept of Passive Distributed Indexing, a general-purpose distributed search service for mobile file sharing applications, which is based on peer-to...
The popularity of distributed file systems continues to grow in last years. The reasons they are preferred over traditional centralized systems include fault tolerance, availabili...