Title :
Development of OmniServer
Author_Institution :
Control Data Corp., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
An overview is given of the OmniServer product set, which addresses the needs for file management and information management in a computer network. OmniServer provides an interface for manual and/or automatic methods to archive and back up local files from client systems to a central permanent-life system where files are stored in a hierarchical storage repository. The workstation user is provided with a command interface to use as an extension of the client´s operating system environment to better manage his/her file space. The user is provided access to a database of information about the files stored in OmniServer. Administrators can centrally control and account for usage of files stored. Tools for managing the migration and release of disk files to multiple choices of mass storage systems are provided. The server system provides a centrally managed cost-effective hierarchical storage repository with various levels of performance and capacity.<>
Keywords :
computer networks; file organisation; file servers; OmniServer product set; archive; automatic methods; back up; central permanent-life system; client systems; command interface; computer network; disk file migration; disk file release; file management; file space; file usage; hierarchical storage repository; information DBMS; information database; information management; interface; local files; management tools; manual methods; operating system environment; Automatic control; Centralized control; Computer network management; Computer networks; Environmental management; Information management; Storage automation; Technology management; Weight control; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Mass Storage Systems, 1990. Crisis in Mass Storage. Digest of Papers., Tenth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2034-X
DOI :
10.1109/MASS.1990.113575
