Title :
Experience of adaptive replication in distributed file systems
Author :
Cabri, Giacomo ; Corradi, Antonio ; Zambonelli, Franco
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica Inf. e Sistemistica, Bologna Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The paper focuses on distributed file systems and presents a system to transparently manage file replication through a network of workstations. The system integrates an adaptive file replication policy that is capable of reacting to changes in the patterns of access to the file system by dynamically creating or deleting replicas. The paper evaluates the efficiency of the system in several situations and shows its effectiveness
Keywords :
distributed databases; network operating systems; adaptive file replication policy; adaptive replication; distributed file systems; file replication; network of workstations; Adaptive systems; Availability; Distributed computing; Electronic mail; Fault tolerant systems; File systems; Operating systems; Physics computing; Resource management; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
EUROMICRO 96. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies., Proceedings of the 22nd EUROMICRO Conference
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7487-3
DOI :
10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546470