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Scalable, Secure, and Highly Available Distributed File Access

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Mahadev SatyanarayananAuthors Info & Claims

Computer, Volume 23, Issue 5

Pages 9 - 18, 20-21

https://doi.org/10.1109/2.53351

Published: 01 May 1990 Publication History

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A summary of and historical perspective on work done to implement easy-to-share distributed file systems based on the Unix model are presented. Andrew and Coda are distributed Unix file systems that embody many of the recent advances in solving the problem of data sharing in large, physically dispersed workstation environments. The Andrew architecture is presented, the scalability and security of the system are discussed. The Coda system is examined, with emphasis on its high availability.

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Reviewer: Alan L. Tharp

Security for Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew file system is handled through the servers rather than the workstations. File validation is managed by the server notifying the workstations whenever a file changes, rather than the workstation asking the server every time it opens a local file. This easily-read paper surveys the history and current status of the Andrew and Coda file systems. It should interest anyone desiring an overview of distributed file systems; the author gives references for those who want more detailed information. Since many organizations have moved to or are considering moving to similar systems of networked workstations with backend servers, the paper is timely. The more recent file system, Coda, aims for constant data availability. An interesting consequence of this capacity is that a user at a portable terminal can be considered as a deliberately induced network or server failure. Periods of disconnection for a portable terminal should not be lengthy, however. To accomplish high availability, Coda allows a user to set priorities on which files and directories should be kept at her or his workstation. It also allows updates in multiple partitions but detects and confines conflicting updates as soon as possible. To assist in failure resiliency, Coda maintains server replications with files transmitted in parallel. Performance figures compare Andrew to Sun NFS. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of current problems of distributed file systems. Much information is packed into these few pages.

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May 1990

87 pages

ISSN:0018-9162

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Bruce D Shriver
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette

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