Modern computer systems are based on the traditional hierarchical file system model, but typically contain large numbers of files with complex interrelationships. This tradition...
The current generation of le systems are inadequate in facing the new technological challenges of wide area networks and massive storage. xFS is a prototype le system we are devel...
In previous work, the first author argued for simple lightweight visualisations. These are surprisingly complex to produce due to the need for infrastructure to read files, etc. o...
—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...
Peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing systems are characterized by highly replicated content distributed among nodes with enormous aggregate resources for storage and communication. Th...
Dan Dumitriu, Edward W. Knightly, Aleksandar Kuzma...