Title :
Hierarchical Replication Control in a Global File System
Author :
Zhang, Jiaying ; Honeyman, Peter
Author_Institution :
Center for Inf. Technol. Integration, Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
We develop a consistent mutable replication extension for NFSv4 tuned to meet the rigorous demands of large-scale data sharing in global collaborations. The system uses a hierarchical replication control protocol that dynamically elects a primary server at various granularities. Experimental evaluation indicates a substantial performance advantage over a single server system. With the introduction of the hierarchical replication control, the overhead of replication is negligible even when applications mostly write and replication servers are widely distributed.
Keywords :
grid computing; replicated databases; data sharing; global file system; hierarchical replication control; Access protocols; Application software; Control systems; Costs; Delay; Distributed computing; File systems; Grid computing; Internet; Middleware;
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2007. CCGRID 2007. Seventh IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio De Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2833-3
DOI :
10.1109/CCGRID.2007.57
