Key Distributed Components for a Large-Scale Object Storage

Abstract

This chapter discusses distributed mechanisms that serve as building blocks in the construction of the VISION Cloud object service. Two are fundamental building blocks in the creation of a large-scale clustered object storage. These are distributed file systems and distributed data management systems. In addition, the authors study two complimentary topics that aim to improve the qualities of the underlying infrastructure. These are resource allocation mechanisms and improvements to data mobility via data reduction.