A Research Testbed for Services Based on Logistical Networking

该方案是为建立分布式存储网络试验床而提出的。其目标是通过将“物流联网”设施部署为统一的网络服务来提高基于网络的存储的性能。虽然缓存和缓存等服务在网络信息系统中很常见，但它们并没有在互联网的标准协议栈和中间件中显式建模。这里研究的特例是使用Internet2分布式存储基础设施作为其实验设备的服务复制。为了探索更一般的情况，由PI开发的互联网背板协议(IBP)用于共同调度网络和存储资源。我们的计划是开发和部署基本功能，使其可扩展和可管理，以支持真正的应用程序社区。IBP的早期开发原型应用包括用于计算网格中的状态管理的中间件、支持通过电子邮件移动非常大的文件的IBP-MIME，以及用于分布式感觉数据的IBP存储服务器。

This proposal is for creation of a distributed storage network testbed. The goal is to improve the performance of network based storage by deploying "logistical networking" facilities as uniform network services. Although such services as caches and buffers are familiar in networked information systems, but they are not explicitly modeled in the standard protocol stack and middleware of the Internet. The special case investigated here is replication of services which uses the Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure as its experimental facility. To explore the more general case the Internet Backplane Protocol (IBP), developed by the PIs, is used for co-scheduling networking and storage resources. The plan is to develop and deploy basic functionality to the point where it is scalable and manageable to support a real application community. Prototype applications of IBP in early development include middleware for state management in Computational Grids, IBP-MIME to enable movement of very large files via email, and IBP memory servers for distributed sensory data.