Write-sharing of files in a distributed file system is considered as an obstacle to caching files on clients' site. We are specially concerned with cacheability of write-shared files, and propose an ownership-based cache consistency model. With our model the server CPU loads can potentially be reduced without violating data consistency in the case of file write-sharing. We show the validity of our model with a simulation method, in terms of server utilization and network traffic
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TENCON '93. Proceedings. Computer, Communication, Control and Power Engineering.1993 IEEE Region 10 Conference on
Date of Conference: 19-21 Oct 1993