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160 lines
4.8 KiB
Perl
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.if n .ND
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.TL
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A Fast File System for UNIX*
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.EH 'SMM:05-%''A Fast File System for \s-2UNIX\s+2'
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.OH 'A Fast File System for \s-2UNIX\s+2''SMM:05-%'
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.AU
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Marshall Kirk McKusick, William N. Joy\(dg,
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Samuel J. Leffler\(dd, Robert S. Fabry
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.AI
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Computer Systems Research Group
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Computer Science Division
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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University of California, Berkeley
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Berkeley, CA 94720
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.AB
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.FS
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* UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.
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.FE
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.FS
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\(dg William N. Joy is currently employed by:
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Sun Microsystems, Inc, 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
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.FE
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.FS
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\(dd Samuel J. Leffler is currently employed by:
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Lucasfilm Ltd., PO Box 2009, San Rafael, CA 94912
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.FE
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.FS
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This work was done under grants from
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the National Science Foundation under grant MCS80-05144,
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and the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DoD) under
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ARPA Order No. 4031 monitored by Naval Electronic System Command under
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Contract No. N00039-82-C-0235.
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.FE
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A reimplementation of the UNIX file system is described.
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The reimplementation provides substantially higher throughput
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rates by using more flexible allocation policies
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that allow better locality of reference and can
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be adapted to a wide range of peripheral and processor characteristics.
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The new file system clusters data that is sequentially accessed
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and provides two block sizes to allow fast access to large files
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while not wasting large amounts of space for small files.
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File access rates of up to ten times faster than the traditional
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UNIX file system are experienced.
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Long needed enhancements to the programmers'
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interface are discussed.
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These include a mechanism to place advisory locks on files,
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extensions of the name space across file systems,
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the ability to use long file names,
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and provisions for administrative control of resource usage.
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.sp
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.LP
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Revised February 18, 1984
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.AE
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.LP
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.sp 2
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CR Categories and Subject Descriptors:
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D.4.3
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.B "[Operating Systems]":
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File Systems Management \-
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.I "file organization, directory structures, access methods";
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D.4.2
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.B "[Operating Systems]":
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Storage Management \-
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.I "allocation/deallocation strategies, secondary storage devices";
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D.4.8
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.B "[Operating Systems]":
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Performance \-
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.I "measurements, operational analysis";
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H.3.2
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.B "[Information Systems]":
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Information Storage \-
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.I "file organization"
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.sp
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Additional Keywords and Phrases:
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UNIX,
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file system organization,
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file system performance,
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file system design,
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application program interface.
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.sp
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General Terms:
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file system,
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measurement,
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performance.
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.bp
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.ce
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.B "TABLE OF CONTENTS"
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.LP
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.sp 1
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.nf
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.B "1. Introduction"
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.LP
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.sp .5v
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.nf
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.B "2. Old file system
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.LP
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.sp .5v
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.nf
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.B "3. New file system organization
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3.1. Optimizing storage utilization
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3.2. File system parameterization
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3.3. Layout policies
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.LP
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.sp .5v
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.nf
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.B "4. Performance
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.LP
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.sp .5v
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.nf
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.B "5. File system functional enhancements
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5.1. Long file names
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5.2. File locking
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5.3. Symbolic links
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5.4. Rename
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5.5. Quotas
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.nf
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.B Acknowledgements
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.LP
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.sp .5v
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.nf
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.B References
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