@InProceedings{cortes:pafs,
  author = {Toni Cortes and Sergi Girona and Jes\'us Labarta},
  title = {Avoiding the Cache-Coherence Problem in a Parallel/Distributed File
  System},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of High-Performance Computing and Networking},
  year = {1997},
  month = {April},
  pages = {860--869},
  later = {cortes:pafs2},
  keywords = {file caching, multiprocessor file system, cooperative caching,
  cache coherence, parallel I/O, pario-bib},
  abstract = {In this paper we describe PAFS, a new parallel/distributed file
  system. Within the whole file system, special interest is placed on the
  caching mechanism. We present a cooperative cache that has the advantages of
  cooperation and avoids the problems derived from the coherence mechanisms.
  Furthermore, this has been achieved with a reasonable gain in performance. In
  order to show the obtained performance, we present a comparison between PAFS
  and xFS (a file system that also implements a cooperative cache).},
  comment = {Contact toni@ac.upc.es.}
}