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HFS: a performance-oriented flexible file system based on building-block compositions

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IOPADS '96: Proceedings of the fourth workshop on I/O in parallel and distributed systems: part of the federated computing research conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/236017.236041

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IOPADS '96: Proceedings of the fourth workshop on I/O in parallel and distributed systems: part of the federated computing research conference

May 1996

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ISBN:0897918134

DOI:10.1145/236017

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David Kotz
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Ravi Jain
Bellcore
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Alok Choudhary
Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY

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Kotz DNieuwejaar N(1996)Flexibility and performance of parallel file systemsACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review10.1145/232302.23231430:2(63-73)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1996
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