Title
Access cost estimation for unified grid storage systems
Abstract
In typical data grids large amounts of replicated data are stored all over the globe in different storage systems with access latencies ranging from seconds to hours. The task of a replica management system is not only to keep track of the replicas but also to select those replicas that can be accessed by an application program with a minimal response or transfer time. Most wide-area replication research focuses on network-based replica selection. However, our past experience with data grids has shown that often hierarchical storage systems are the main bottleneck rather than network links. This is due to the fact that access latencies of hierarchical storage systems can be of the order of seconds up to hours in case the data resides on a tape that is not mounted yet. We give an overview of our replica management framework called Reptor and a storage system cost estimator that is used. Furthermore, we give details on access estimation of file replicas that reside on hierarchical storage systems. The results show that the access estimates provide a good basis for a replica management system to perform efficient replica selection.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/GRID.2003.1261710
grid computing
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
grid computing,replicated databases,storage allocation,wide area networks,data grid,hierarchical storage systems,replica management system,storage system cost estimator,wide area replication research,management system,storage system,cost estimation
Conference
0-7695-2026-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.82
7
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kurt Stockinger11471127.33
Heinz Stockinger21517144.32
Lukasz Dutka3478.43
Renata Slota412224.03
Darin Nikolow56511.18
Jacek Kitowski628957.76