@TechReport{Dartmouth:TR95-270, author = {David Kotz}, title = {{Interfaces for Disk-Directed I/O}}, institution = {Dartmouth College, Computer Science}, address = {Hanover, NH}, number = {PCS-TR95-270}, year = {1995}, month = {September}, URL = {http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR95-270.ps.Z}, 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. } }