DFS925: A Distributed File System in a Workstation/LAN Environment

Michelle Joy Arden

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-85-236

1985

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The advent of local-area networks has made possible the implementation of distributed file systems: file systems which physically encompass several distinct machines but which provide a global file system logically spanning the connected machines. Users who access files across this system are unaware that their files may logically reside on a machine other from their own. Distributed file systems vary widely in functionality and design, differing largely in their degree of distributed control, provisions for data consistency, and transparency.

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p> This report describes the design and implementation of a prototype distributed file system at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory. The 925 Distributed File System (DFS925) is constructed for a network whose nodes are high-performance engineering workstations, connected by a reliable local area network. Emphasized are distributed control, the maintenance of workstation independence, and data consistency. DFS925 will be used as a research and development tool in the Computer Science Department at IBM San Jose.

BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Arden:CSD-85-236,
    Author= {Arden, Michelle Joy},
    Title= {DFS925: A Distributed File System in a Workstation/LAN Environment},
    Year= {1985},
    Month= {May},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1985/5626.html},
    Number= {UCB/CSD-85-236},
    Abstract= {The advent of local-area networks has made possible the implementation of distributed file systems: file systems which physically encompass several distinct machines but which provide a global file system logically spanning the connected machines. Users who access files across this system are unaware that their files may logically reside on a machine other from their own.  Distributed file systems vary widely in functionality and design, differing largely in their degree of distributed control, provisions for data consistency, and transparency.  <p>  This report describes the design and implementation of a prototype distributed file system at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory. The 925 Distributed File System (DFS925) is constructed for a network whose nodes are high-performance engineering workstations, connected by a reliable local area network. Emphasized are distributed control, the maintenance of workstation independence, and data consistency. DFS925 will be used as a research and development tool in the Computer Science Department at IBM San Jose.},
}

EndNote citation:

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