Virtualize Storage, Not Disks

Authors: 

William Jannen, Chia-che Tsai, and Donald E. Porter, Stony Brook University

Abstract: 

When one uses virtual machines for application compatibility, such as running Windows programs on Linux, the user only wants the API components, yet must emulate a disk drive and execute a second, counterproductive level of media heuristics and I/O scheduling. Systems should have a clean interface between API implementation and media optimization, which would lead to more efficient paravirtualization and facilitate rapid, independent evolution of media optimizations and API features. We describe a design that meets these goals, called Zoochory.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {181911,
author = {William Jannen and Chia-che Tsai and Donald E. Porter},
title = {Virtualize Storage, Not Disks},
booktitle = {Presented as part of the 14th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems},
year = {2013},
address = {Santa Ana Pueblo, NM},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/virtualize-storage-not-disks},
publisher = {{USENIX}},
}
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