Hierarchical Replication Control in a Global File System

  • Authors:
  • Jiaying Zhang;Peter Honeyman

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor;University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

  • Venue:
  • CCGRID '07 Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We develop a consistent mutable replication extension for NFSv4 tuned to meet the rigorous demands of largescale data sharing in global collaborations. The system uses a hierarchical replication control protocol that dynamically elects a primary server at various granularities. Experimental evaluation indicates a substantial performance advantage over a single server system. With the introduction of the hierarchical replication control, the overhead of replication is negligible even when applications mostly write and replication servers are widely distributed.