@inproceedings{b3661a001b314be8a8ea6f227acdb2c9,
title = "FINAL: Flexible and scalable composition of file system name spaces",
abstract = "Group file operations enable tools and middleware to operate upon a large group of files located across thousands of independent servers in a scalable fashion, a necessary requirement for effective use of today's largest distributed systems. Our initial prototype of group file operations showed scalability benefits for several tools, but also revealed the importance of having a scalable method for defining useful groups. We have developed a language called FINAL for describing name space composition in a flexible and scalable manner. Clients of our TBON-FS distributed file system can use this language to compose a single-system image (SSI) name space that automatically creates useful groups in a scalable fashion. We provide many examples of traditional and SSI name space compositions that can be described using FINAL, and report how TBON-FS can compose a global name space from tens of thousands of independent name spaces in one-quarter second.",
keywords = "composition, file system, middleware, name space, scalability",
author = "Brim, {Michael J.} and Miller, {Barton P.} and Vic Zandy",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1145/1988796.1988801",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781450307611",
series = "Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2011",
pages = "25--32",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2011",
note = "1st International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2011 ; Conference date: 31-05-2011 Through 31-05-2011",
}