Design and implementation of a Web-services-based network file system

Gwan Hwan Hwang*, Chih Hao Yu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Web services are Web-based enterprise applications that use open, XML-based standards and transport protocols to exchange data between calling clients and servers. In this paper, we demonstrate that Web services can be used to construct a distributed file system, called the Web-services-based network file system (WSNFS). One of the goals of the WSNFS is to provide a platform for file sharing among heterogeneous distributed file systems. Also, as the technology of Web services is widely applied to the field of grid computing, the proposed system can aid the deployment of Web services to the data grid applications. We present the architecture of the WSNFS and define the communication-protocol standard based on Web services. Our experiences in implementing the prototype as well as the experimental results demonstrate that the practicality of the WSNFS; the performance of the prototype is comparable to that of the Sun network file system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications andInternational Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, AICT/ICIW'06
Pages137
Number of pages1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventAdvanced International Conference on Telecommunications andInternational Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, AICT/ICIW'06 - Guadelope, French Southern Territories
Duration: 2006 Feb 192006 Feb 25

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications and International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, AICT/ICIW'06
Volume2006

Other

OtherAdvanced International Conference on Telecommunications andInternational Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, AICT/ICIW'06
Country/TerritoryFrench Southern Territories
CityGuadelope
Period2006/02/192006/02/25

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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