Discovering different types of file resources (such as documentation, programs, and images) in the vast amount of data contained within network file systems is useful for both u...
We present FRAC, a Framework for Role-based Access Control in network file systems. FRAC is a reference monitor that controls the message flow between file system clients and s...
Replication is a key technique for improving fault tolerance. Replication can also improve application performance under some circumstances, but can have the opposite effect under...
This paper presents Kosha, a peer-to-peer (p2p) enhancement for the widely-used Network File System (NFS). Kosha harvests redundant storage space on cluster nodes and user desktop...
Ali Raza Butt, Troy A. Johnson, Yili Zheng, Y. Cha...
I/O is a major performance bottleneck in modern computer systems. Modern disks use the Zone-Bit-Recording (ZBR) technology to increase the capacity. A direct consequence of ZBR is...