Network Attached Storage & Object Oriented Devices

Introduction

• Purpose
• Definitions
• References

NAS Environment

• Why Clusters
• NAS Goal: Enable Scalable Clustering
  • Scalable Connectivity of Storage to Clients
  • Storage Manageability
  • Inherent Security
• Description of NAS
  • Elements of a NAS Configuration
  • Overview of NAS Operation
    • Startup
    • Accessing NAS
  • Data Sharing and Concurrent Update
  • Differences with CMU
• Why Objects

Description of Requirements

• Functionality
  • Device Organization
    • Space Organization
    • Object Identifiers (IDs)
    • Well Known Objects
    • Object
    • Navigating the Object File System
  • Device Functions
    • Open
    • Read
    • Write
    • Close
    • Remove
    • Create Partition
    • Remove Partition
• Manageability
  • Overview
  • Manageability Operations
    • Export Object
    • Get Object Attributes
    • Set Object Attributes
    • Device Lock Operations
    • Get, Set Device Associations
• Security Topics
  • Permissions
  • Cryptographic Support
  • Audit Trails
  • Clocks