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...
Modern peer-to-peer file sharing systems distribute large files among peers using block partitioning. Blocks can be redistributed by a peer even before the whole file is available...
Christian Ortolf, Christian Schindelhauer, Arne Va...
The goal of this work is to study the feasibility of a Heterogeneous Data Classification and Search (HDCS) system and to provide a possible design for its implementing. In order t...
Dorin Carstoiu, Alexandra Cernian, Adriana Olteanu...
Scientific applications often need to access remote file systems. Because of slow networks and large data size, however, remote I/O can become an even more serious performance bot...
Jonghyun Lee, Robert B. Ross, Rajeev Thakur, Xiaos...
Replication is a technique used in Data Grid environments that helps to reduce access latency and network bandwidth utilization. Replication also increases data availability thereb...