BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR95-270
ENTRY:: September 13, 1995
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Interfaces for Disk-Directed I/O
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Kotz, David 
DATE:: September 1995
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       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
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RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR95-270.pdf
ABSTRACT:: 
In other papers I propose the idea of disk-directed I/O for
multiprocessor file systems.  Those papers focus on the performance
advantages and capabilities of disk-directed I/O, but say little about
the application-programmer's interface or about the interface between
the compute processors and I/O processors.  In this short note I
discuss the requirements for these interfaces, and look at many
existing interfaces for parallel file systems.  I conclude that many
of the existing interfaces could be adapted for use in a disk-directed
I/O system.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR95-270