Two oft-cited file systems, the Fast File System (FFS) and the Log-Structured File System (LFS), adopt two sharply different update strategies—update-in-place and update-out-of-...
Cloud computing promises large-scale and seamless access to vast quantities of data across the globe. Applications will demand the reliability, consistency, and performance of a t...
Marc Eshel, Roger L. Haskin, Dean Hildebrand, Mano...
Peers in peer-to-peer file-sharing systems cannot effectively share their files if they are poorly described. Terms one user employs to describe an instance of a file may not be t...
Dongmei Jia, Wai Gen Yee, Linh Thai Nguyen, Ophir ...
Many of the key features of file transfer mechanisms like reliable file transferring and parallel transferring are developed as part of the service. It makes very hard to re-use th...
Sang Boem Lim, Geoffrey Fox, Ali Kaplan, Shrideep ...
Recently, power has emerged as a critical factor in designing components of storage systems, especially for power-hungry data centers. While there is some research into power-awar...