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The XtreemFS architecture—a case for object‐based file systems in Grids
Author(s) -
Hupfeld Felix,
Cortes Toni,
Kolbeck Björn,
Stender Jan,
Focht Erich,
Hess Matthias,
Malo Jesus,
Marti Jonathan,
Cesario Eugenio
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
concurrency and computation: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1532-0634
pISSN - 1532-0626
DOI - 10.1002/cpe.1304
Subject(s) - computer science , architecture , object (grammar) , grid , file system , grid file , distributed computing , grid system , object storage , virtual file system , database , operating system , grid computing , computer data storage , self certifying file system , ssh file transfer protocol , artificial intelligence , art , geometry , mathematics , visual arts
In today's Grids, files are usually managed by Grid data management systems that are superimposed on existing file and storage systems. In this paper, we analyze this predominant approach and argue that object‐based file systems can be an alternative when adapted to the characteristics of a Grid environment. We describe how we are solving the challenge of extending the object‐based storage architecture for the Grid in XtreemFS, an object‐based file system for federated infrastructures. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.