A Usage Profile and Evaluation of a Wide-Area Distributed File System

Authors: 

Mirjana Spasojevic, Transarc Corporation and M. Satyanarayanan, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract: 

The evolution of the Andrew File System (AFS) into a wide-area distributed file system has encouraged collaboration and information dissemination on a much broader scale than ever before. In this paper, we examine AFS as a provider of wide-area file services to over 80 organizations around the world. We discuss usage characteristics of AFS derived from empirical measurements of the system, and from user responses to a questionnaire. Our observations indicate that AFS provides robust and efficient data access in its current configuration, thus confirming its viability as a design point for wide-area distributed file systems.

BibTeX
@inproceedings {260186,
author = {Mirjana Spasojevic and M. Satyanarayanan},
title = {A Usage Profile and Evaluation of a {Wide-Area} Distributed File System},
booktitle = {USENIX Winter 1994 Technical Conference (USENIX Winter 1994 Technical Conference)},
year = {1994},
address = {San Francisco, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenix-winter-1994-technical-conference/usage-profile-and-evaluation-wide-area},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jan
}
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Paper: 
http://usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sf94/full_papers/spasojevic.a