Introduction

A traditional file system imposes a structure on top of the raw disk bytes and provides the user with tools to manipulate the structure. File system designers strive to build a file system that offers the most flexible structure that can be manipulated to cater to the complex needs of various applications. Distributed file systems (DFS) are a whole lot different beasts that require careful design. There's no one preferred way of building them. In the past, the design of DFSs are motivated by the users' needs.

My research focuses on developing a new framework that enables building flexible DFSs that cater to wide variety of users. The framework is based on the concept of logical views. More details can be found here

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