Operation-based update propagation in a mobile file system

Proceedings of the 1999 USENIX Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Lee, Yui Wah ^a   Leung, Kwong Sak ^a   Satyanarayanan, Mahadev ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ERROR CORRECTION; SHIPS;

DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS; FILE SYSTEMS; LARGE FILES; NETWORK TRAFFIC; RE-EXECUTION; STRONGLY CONNECTED; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

FILE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85084159920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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