IBM storage tank - A heterogeneous scalable SAN file system

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-267

  Menon, J ^a   Pease, D A ^a   Rees, R ^b   Duyanovich, L ^b   Hillsberg, B ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DATA TRANSFER; FILE ORGANIZATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPEN SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

MAINFRAME COMPUTER SYSTEMS; POLICY-BASED STORAGE; STORAGE AREA NETWORK; VIRTUALIZATION;

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042855815     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.422.0250     Document Type: Article

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