Client requirements for a UNIX-based network file-transport utility

Author

Nemanic, M.K.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-10 Oct. 1991

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

24

Abstract

A file-transport utility is being developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to meet the requirements specified by users. It is intended to be useful for general UNIX environments using TCP/IP. It will communicate with FTP demons, a centralized persistence server, and the UniTree storage system. To provide true transparency, a global machine-independent name space, an integrated storage hierarchy, which includes automatic file migration and distributed locking, and quick data transport are required. Efforts in this direction include the development of commercially available, high-performance, high-capacity network peripherals, and attempts to merge network operating systems with archival storage systems.<>

Keywords

network operating systems; utility programs; FTP demons; TCP/IP; UNIX-based network file-transport utility; UniTree storage system; archival storage systems; automatic file migration; centralized persistence server; distributed locking; global machine-independent name space; integrated storage hierarchy; network operating systems; transparency; Application software; Computer networks; Control systems; Data security; Humans; Laboratories; Magnetic separation; National security; Scientific computing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mass Storage Systems, 1991. Digest of Papers., Eleventh IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2155-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASS.1991.160201

Filename

160201