DistributedFileSystems分析.pptVIP

Distributed File Systems /~course/cs402 Hongfei Yan School of EECS, Peking University 7/10/2008 Introduction to DFS (1/2) A network file system is any computer file system that supports sharing of files, printers and other resources as persistent storage over a computer network. Distribution A DFS is a network file system whose clients, servers, and storage devices are dispersed among the machines. Transparency a DFS should appear to its users to be a conventional, centralized file system. Introduction to DFS (1/2) Performance the amount of time needed to satisfy service requests additio