"Disk recording systems." . . "Communications networks." . . "Time sharing." . . "Distributed data processing." . . "Control." . . "Interlacing." . . "HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM (Israel) Department of COMPUTER SCIENCE." . . . . "Holography." . . "Computer Systems." . . "Computer Hardware." . . "Computer files." . . "Computer communications." . . "Limitations." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "We present a 'holographic' file system (HFS) for concurrent data retrieval in a computer system with a large number of disks (although it is probable that most nodes will be diskless). In such a file system it is possible to operate on a file by simultaneously utilizing many (or all) of the disks, since the file system is organized to take advantage of the multiplicity of equipment, rather than limiting access to a single disk for each file, as in most existing file systems. The main advantages of the HFS are a speed-up in data retrieval related to the number of disks, and improved availability by allowing access to parts of a file even when other parts of that file are not accessible.\""@en . "A holographic file system for a multicomputer with many disk nodes" . . "A holographic file system for a multicomputer with many disk nodes"@en . . "A Holographic File System for a Multicomputer with Many Disk Nodes"@en . . . . . . "Abstract: \"Future computing systems may involve thousands of networked general-purpose computers, without shared memory or shared devices. The 'operating system' for such a configuration must be completely distributed, and it must tolerate the random disappearance of nodes, possibly with obsolete control information and/or data. Traditional file systems are not equipped to satisfy these requirements. We present a 'holographic' file system (HFS) for concurrent data retrieval in a computer system with a large number of disks (although it is probable that most nodes will be diskless)."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Future computing systems may involve thousands of networked general-purpose computers, without shared memory or shared devices. The operating system for such a configuration must be completely distributed, and it must tolerate the random disappearance and reappearance of nodes, possibly with obsolete control information and/or data. Traditional file systems are not equipped to satisfy these requirements. A holographic file system (HFS) is presented for concurrent data retrieval in a computer system with a large number of disks (although it is probable that most nodes will be diskless). In such a file system it is possible to operate on a file by simultaneously utilizing many (or all) of the disks, since the file system is organized to take advantage of the multiplicity of equipment, rather than limiting access to a single disk for each file, as in most existing file systems. The main advantages of the HFS are a speed -up in data retrieval related to the number of disks, and improved availability by allowing access to parts of a file even when other parts of that file are not accessible. Keywords: Distributed file system; Holographic file system; Interleaved file system; File servers; File system organization; Diskless workstations; Distributed systems. (jhd)."@en . "In such a file system it is possible to operate on a file by simultaneously utilizing many (or all) of the disks, since the file system is organized to take advantage of the multiplicity of equipment, rather than limiting access to a single disk for each file, as in most existing file systems. The main advantages of the HFS are a speed-up in data retrieval related to the number of disks, and improved availability by allowing access to parts of a file even when other parts of that file are not accessible.\""@en . . . . . "Abstract: \"Future computing systems may involve thousands of networked general-purpose computers, without shared memory or shared devices. The 'operating system' for such a configuration must be completely distributed, and it must tolerate the random disappearance and reappearance of nodes, possibly with obsolete control information and/or data. Traditional file systems are not equipped to satisfy these requirements."@en . . . . . . "Nodes." . . "Information retrieval." . . "Memory devices." . .