NeST: Network Storage
Terms
What storage users want
What storage vendors have
What storage vendors get, annual revenues
What’s the problem?
H/W and S/W are bundled
“Playground syndrome”
Myth of specialization
Alternatives?
Our game?
New worlds, new problems
Outline
NeST structure
Protocol layer
Consolidate protocols
Protocol layer implementation
Protocol layer example, directory list request
Concurrency architecture
Concurrency on Linux
Storage layer
File system interfaces on Linux
Clients have different needs
Communication protocols
Replacement costs
Data semantics
Data semantics, example
Security and authentication
Who, when, how and how much?
Do I know you?
Current status
Future work
Concluding remarks
Email: johnbent@cs.wisc.edu
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