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Design and Performance Analysis of a Disk Array System
October 1995 (vol. 44 no. 10)
pp. 1236-1247
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Antonio Puliafito, Vincenzo Catania, Salvatore Riccobene, Lorenzo Vita, "Design and Performance Analysis of a Disk Array System," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 1236-1247, October, 1995.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/12.467698,
author = {Antonio Puliafito and Vincenzo Catania and Salvatore Riccobene and Lorenzo Vita},
title = {Design and Performance Analysis of a Disk Array System},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {44},
number = {10},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {1995},
pages = {1236-1247},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.467698},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Design and Performance Analysis of a Disk Array System
IS - 10
SN - 0018-9340
SP1236
EP1247
EPD - 1236-1247
A1 - Antonio Puliafito,
A1 - Vincenzo Catania,
A1 - Salvatore Riccobene,
A1 - Lorenzo Vita,
PY - 1995
KW - Parallel I/O
KW - disk array systems
KW - declustering organization
KW - stochastic reward nets
KW - response time distribution.
VL - 44
JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers
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Abstract—We concentrate on the architectural issues of parallelizing I/O access in a disk array system by means of definition of a new, particularly flexible architecture, called partial dynamic declustering, which is fault-tolerant and offers higher levels of performance and reliability than the solutions normally used. A simulation analysis highlights the efficiency of the proposed solution in balancing the file system workload and demonstrates its validity in both cases of unbalanced loads and expansion of the system. Particular attention is also paid to the definition of analytical models, based on stochastic reward nets, in order to analyze the performance and reliability of the system. The response time distribution function is evaluated and a specific performance analysis with varying degrees of declustering and workload is carried out.

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Index Terms:
Parallel I/O, disk array systems, declustering organization, stochastic reward nets, response time distribution.
Citation:
Antonio Puliafito, Vincenzo Catania, Salvatore Riccobene, Lorenzo Vita, "Design and Performance Analysis of a Disk Array System," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 1236-1247, Oct. 1995, doi:10.1109/12.467698
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