VIVA was developed by Eric H. Herrin II and Raphael A. Finkel. It was implemented in Linux by Shankar Pasupathy.
There are currently two versions of VIVA available. Version 1.0 is for Linux 1.2.8, version 2.0 is for Linux 2.0.0. If you want to install VIVA on any other version of Linux, download both versions of VIVA and read the README file.
If you have any questions, send email to shankar@pop.uky.edu or raphael@cs.uky.edu
Note: Both VIVA distributions contain the papers and README, and TODO files. These are listed separately on this page for your convenience.
1. The original paper by the authors of VIVA, Eric H. Herrin II and Raphael A. Finkel.
The VIVA Filesystem
2. Paper on implementing VIVA in the Linux kernel by Shankar Pasupathy.
Implementing the VIVA filesystem in the Linux kernel
README file. Contains instructions on how to install VIVA.
TODO file. A list of planned modifications to our implementation of VIVA.
viva.1.0.tar.gz. For Linux 1.2.8
viva.2.0.tar.gz. For Linux 2.0.0 - untested, but should work.
util-linux-viva.tar.gz. Source for utility programs (mkfs.viva, fsck.viva, mount, umount). These are based on the util-linux package. This source is also a part of both Viva distributions.