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11th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC-11 '02)   p. 3
Flexibility, Manageability, and Performance in a Grid Storage Appliance
John Bent, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Venkateshwaran Venkataramani, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nick LeRoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alain Roy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joseph Stanley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Miron Livny, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Abstract
We present NeST, a flexible software-only storage appliance designed to meet the storage needs of the Grid. NeST has three key features that make it well-suited for deployment in a Grid environment. First, NeST provides a generic data transfer architecture that supports multiple data transfer protocols (including GridFTP and NFS), and allows for the easy addition of new protocols. Second, NeST is dynamic, adapting itself on-the-fly so that it runs effectively on a wide range of hardware and software platforms. Third, NeST is Grid-aware, implying that features that are necessary for integration into the Grid, such as storage space guarantees, mechanisms for resource and data discovery, user authentication, and quality of service, are a part of the NeST infrastructure.
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Citation:  John Bent, Venkateshwaran Venkataramani, Nick LeRoy, Alain Roy, Joseph Stanley, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Miron Livny, "Flexibility, Manageability, and Performance in a Grid Storage Appliance," hpdc, p. 3,  11th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC-11 '02),  2002