Personal Data Cache [Advanced Computing Systems Company (Acsc)]

Personal Data Cache manages file storage on client machines in adistributed environment. Personal Data Cache creates a local data cacheon the client machine's local disk storage (client cache) andautomatically moves files between the client cache and a standard NFSserver's storage (server store). Files are transparently copied to theclient (cached) as they are needed and periodically synchronized withthe server when they are modified. When the usage of the client storeexceeds a configurable limit, file space on the client is releasedaccording to a configurable policy. This results in the followingbenefits:

File access is faster because file operations occur on local disks

rather than over the network

Network traffic and server load are reduced, thereby increasing their

scalability

Users on client workstations can continue to work when there are

server or network failures, thus, Personal Data Cache increases the dataavailability and fault tolerance

Personal Data Cache protects against data loss by periodically

synchronizing modified files with the server

Transparent file caching and file synchronization and their loose-

coupling to user applications makes Personal Data Cache an excellent filemanagement product for mobile computing environments

Clients with limited local storage can take advantage of network

storage rather than incur the expense of additional local storagePersonal Data Cache does not require any special network configuration orserver software; it operates with any standard NFS server.

Language: C
Source Avail: No
Product Special Handling: None.
Operating Systems: Solaris Sparc 2.3

Advanced Computing Systems Company (Acsc)
3000 S Robertson Blvd Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
Phone: (310) 815-4858
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File System

Personal Data Cache

Advanced Computing Systems Company (Acsc)