Title :
Metadata management of the SANtopia file system
Author :
Lee, Yong Kyu ; Kim, Shin Woo ; Kim, Gyoung Bae ; Shin, Bum Joo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Dongguk Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
Recently, LINUX cluster file systems using the storage area network (SAN) have been developed. The Global File System (GFS) implemented at the University of Minnesota is such an example. These systems do not use a central file server, and instead, multiple clients sharing the whole disk storage through Fibre Channel can freely access disk storage and act as file servers. Accordingly, they offer advantages such as availability, load balancing, and scalability
Keywords :
Unix; disc storage; file servers; meta data; network operating systems; resource allocation; storage management; Fibre Channel; Global File System; LINUX cluster file systems; SANtopia file system; availability; disk storage; file servers; load balancing; metadata management; multiple clients; scalability; storage area network; Computer networks; Environmental management; File servers; File systems; Linux; Load management; Multimedia systems; Power capacitors; Scalability; Storage area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2001. ICPADS 2001. Proceedings. Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyongju City
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1153-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICPADS.2001.934858
