File migration and file replication: A symbiotic relationship

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 578-586

  Hurley, Richard T ^a,b   Yeap, Soon Aun ^b  

^a IEEE

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed file system; File migration; File replication; Local area network; Performance model; Queueing theory; Resource management strategies; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILE ORGANIZATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY;

FILE MIGRATION; FILE REPLICATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030173588     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.506696     Document Type: Article

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