IBM Scale out File Services: Reinventing network-attached storage

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Oehme, Sven ^a   Deicke, Juergen ^a   Akelbein, Jens Peter ^a   Sahlberg, Ronnie ^b   Tridgell, Andrew ^b   Haskin, Roger L ^c  

^a IBM   (Germany)

^b IBM Australia   (Australia)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 55449128220     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 00188646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.524.0319     Document Type: Article

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