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Abstract | ||
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MEMS-based storage devices promise significant performance, reliability, and power improvements relative to disk drives. This paper compares and contrasts these two storage technologies and explores how the physical characteristics of MEMS-based storage devices change four aspects of operating system (OS) management: request scheduling, data placement, failure management, and power conservation. Straightforward adaptations of existing disk request scheduling algorithms are found to be appropriate for MEMS-based storage devices. A new bipartite data placement scheme is shown to better match these devices' novel mechanical positioning characteristics. With aggressive internal redundancy, MEMS-based storage devices can mask and tolerate failure modes that halt operation or cause data loss for disks. In addition, MEMS-based storage devices simplify power management because the devices can be stopped and started rapidly. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
2000 | OSDI | disk drive,power management,mems-based storage device,new bipartite data placement,failure management,storage technology,data loss,power improvement,data placement,system management,power conservation,operating system,mass storage,scheduling,scheduling algorithm,microelectromechanical systems,systems management,systems analysis,fault tolerance,data management |
Field | DocType | Citations |
Power management,Converged storage,Data loss,Computer science,Real-time computing,Redundancy (engineering),Fault tolerance,Systems management,Operating system,Storage area network,Embedded system,Mass storage | Conference | 19 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
1.46 | 18 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Linwood Griffin | 1 | 476 | 35.66 |
| Steven W. Schlosser | 2 | 299 | 23.66 |
| Gregory R. Ganger | 3 | 4560 | 383.16 |
| David F. Nagle | 4 | 623 | 102.85 |