Title :
GCSLight: A Light-Weight Group Communication Service for Metadata Server Cluster
Author :
Jia, Ruiyong ; Zhang, Yanyuan ; Feng, Yong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an
Abstract :
Metadata server cluster plays vital role in distributed storage systems for storage area network. In this paper, we present the specification and design of a light-weight group communication service (GCSLight), by which MDS cluster may be built into a modular and scalable architecture. GCSLight is light-weight in that: i) simple design. It provides only the necessary services for MDS cluster, excluding those complex and extraneous features, such as multicast and virtual synchrony, which exist in many other group communication services aiming at replicated service, ii) optimized performance in failure-free runs by adopting a lazy failure detection-based processor group membership protocol
Keywords :
client-server systems; groupware; meta data; shared memory systems; storage area networks; transport protocols; workstation clusters; GCSLight; MDS cluster; distributed storage system; lazy failure detection-based processor group membership protocol; light-weight group communication service; metadata server cluster; replicated service; storage area network; Access protocols; Bridges; Communication networks; Computer architecture; Computer science; History; Local area networks; Multicast protocols; Network servers; Storage area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Applications, 2005. ICITA 2005. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2316-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICITA.2005.153
