Voorjaarsconferentie 1999 Lezing Smart filers and dumb disks Brian Pawlowski Network Appliance <beepy@netapp.com>

The talk will describe the architecture of Netapp's filers and its evolution; the services provided by the filer, including multiprotocol security coordination and file locking; and cost-effective techniques for improving data integrity. Next, we look at some "smart disk" features, and discuss issues with using them effectively in a filer environment. Finally, we some propose a few disk features that the filer could easily exploit.

Intended audience

Developers interested in file server design, intermediate level. System administrators interested in issues in multiprotocol issues in file servers. Talk should be approachable by intermediate technical people - paper will have more details for advanced readers.