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A fast file system for UNIX

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Volume 2 , Issue 3 (August 1984) table of contents

Pages: 181 - 197

Year of Publication: 1984

ISSN:0734-2071

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Marshall K. McKusick	Computer Systems Research Group
William N. Joy	Computer Systems Research Group
Samuel J. Leffler	Computer Systems Research Group
Robert S. Fabry	Computer Systems Research Group

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Classification:
D. Software
D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
D.4.0 General

Nouns: UNIX
D.4.2 Storage Management
Subjects: Allocation/deallocation strategies; Secondary storage
D.4.3 File Systems Management
Subjects: Access methods; Directory structures; File organization
D.4.8 Performance
Subjects: Measurements; Operational analysis

E. Data
E.5 FILES
Subjects: Organization/structure

General Terms:
Measurement, Performance

Keywords:
UNIX, application program interface, file system design, file system organization, file system performance

REVIEW

"Rahul Dhesi : Reviewer"

The original design of the UNIX file system proved to be too slow for many applications when used on the VAX. An earlier Berkeley implementation made some improvements but was still inefficient, using only about 4 percent of the potential speed more...

Collaborative Colleagues:

Marshall K. McKusick: colleagues

William N. Joy: colleagues

Samuel J. Leffler: colleagues

Robert S. Fabry: colleagues

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