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Accession number;03A0133871
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| Title;A File Sharing Method for Storage Area Network and Its Performance Verification. |
| Author;
OHTANI A
(Nec Corp.)
AONO H
(Nec Corp.)
TOMARU H
(Nec Corp.)
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Journal Title;NEC Res Dev
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Journal Code:G0138A
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ISSN:0547-051X
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VOL.44;NO.1;PAGE.85-90(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.8, REF.4 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;This paper discusses a file sharing method between multiple nodes in SAN (Storage Area Network) environment. In our previous study, we developed a file sharing method using third-party transfer. The verification result of this method was sufficient compared with local I/O performance. However, we think a file sharing method without third-party transfer is reasonable and more useful. In this study, we developed a file sharing method, which through the use of a kernel daemon performs transfer of only I/O related control information between server/client over the network. This daemon method is disk function-independent; moreover, it maintains scalability in striping. We found that implementing this method in the Linux.DAGGER. kernel 2.4.17 allows achievement of nearly 90% of local I/O performance. We also found that in the case of file sharing between the IA-64 Linux machine and SX-6, this method can provide performance that is nearly equal to local I/O for large I/O sizes. (author abst.) |
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