Communications issues in BBFS, a broadband distributed filesystem

Author

Hillyer, Bruce K. ; Robinson, Bethany S.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-5 Dec 1991

Firstpage

1097

Abstract

BBFS is a distributed broadband file system research effort to support data-intensive applications. The LuckyNet gigabit network provides the communications infrastructure for the BBFS prototype, and computation resources are obtained from adjunct processors on LuckyNet´s HPC/VORX distributed computer environment. A discussion is presented of the characteristics of emerging applications and the main ideas of BBFS. A description is also presented of desirable features of a communications interface for LuckyNet application processors

Keywords

broadband networks; distributed databases; wide area networks; BBFS; HPC/VORX distributed computer environment; LuckyNet gigabit network; WAN; adjunct processors; application characteristics; application processors; broadband distributed filesystem; communications infrastructure; communications interface; computation resources; data-intensive applications; research effort; Application software; Bandwidth; Communications technology; Computer networks; Displays; Distributed computing; Memory; Optical buffering; Prototypes; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1991. GLOBECOM '91. 'Countdown to the New Millennium. Featuring a Mini-Theme on: Personal Communications Services

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-87942-697-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1991.188545

Filename

188545