A Distributed Hash Table-based Approach for Providing a File System Neutral, Robust and Resilient Storage Infrastructure

During the past years, anywhere, anytime access to large and reliable storage has become increasingly important in both enterprise and home computer environments. In this paper we present the design and implementation of a distributed storage infrastructure, which combines the benefits emanating by the usage of a distributed hash table as the core storage layer with the transparency provided by a low level operating system storage interface. The results of the experimental evaluation are very promising.