Tiger shark - A scalable file system for multimedia

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Haskin, R L ^a,b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

PARALLEL FILE SYSTEMS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032027909     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.422.0185     Document Type: Article

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