@TechReport{bordawekar:compositional, author = {Rajesh Bordawekar}, title = {A Case for Compositional File Systems (Extended Abstract)}, year = {1998}, month = {March}, number = {CACR TR-161}, institution = {Center of Advanced Computing Research, California Insititute of Technology}, URL = {http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~rajesh/beowulf-fs.html}, keywords = {parallel I/O, multiprocessor file system, pario-bib}, abstract = {This article presents a case for compositional file systems (CFSs). The CFS is designed using the end-to-end argument; the basic file system attributes, therefore, are independent of the user requirements. The CFS is designed as a functionally compositional, structurally distributed, and dynamically extendable file system. The article also discusses the advantages and implementation alternatives for these file systems, and outlines possible applications.} }