Managing personal files across independent file management units

Matt W. Mutka; Lionel M. Ni

Managing personal files across independent file management units

Matt W. Mutka^*, Lionel M. Ni

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This paper presents the design and implementation of the PFS personal file management system. PFS provides transparent and reliable access to personal files that are dispersed across reliable independent file servers. PFS is unique and practical since it runs on variations of the Unix system, it does not modify the operating system kernel, and more importantly, it operates in environments in which a user lacks administrative control. By means of the PFS, a user creates a global structure of personal files that appears identical despite the server that the user accesses. Since each file is replicated once, the system provides transparent access to files despite one failure at any server.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems
Publisher	Publ by IEEE
Pages	254-261
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0818627557
Publication status	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 14 Apr 1991 → 16 Apr 1991

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Name	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems

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Conference	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems
City	Taipei, Taiwan
Period	14/04/91 → 16/04/91

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Mutka, MW & Ni, LM 1992, Managing personal files across independent file management units. in Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems. Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, Publ by IEEE, pp. 254-261, Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, 14/04/91.

Managing personal files across independent file management units. / Mutka, Matt W.; Ni, Lionel M.
Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems. Publ by IEEE, 1992. p. 254-261 (Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems).

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