Disconnected operation in a distributed file system
By: James Jay Kistler.
Series: Lecture notes in computer science -- 1002
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Berlin; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.; Client/server computing.
Description: The focus of this work is on the issue of availability in distributed file systems. It presents the important new technique called disconnected operation, in which clients mask failures and voluntary network detachments by emulating the functionality of servers where actual server-oriented solutions are inadequate. This permits client operation even under complete isolation from the server; the clean integration of mobile computers into the system is an important side-effect of the new technique.

The design and implementation of disconnected file service in a working system, the Coda file system, is described in detail.
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.), 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.