An Agenda for Research in Large-Scale Distributed
Data Repositories
M. Satyanarayanan
Access to shared data is provided today by distributed file systems and
databases. In this paper, we explore certain usage and technological trends
that will radically change the way shared data is used in the future. The
usage trends include the growing need to access shared data from anywhere,
increasing scale, and the increasing importance of efficient search. The
technology trends include the advent of portable machines, the availability
of software and hardware for using diverse types of data, and the growing
diversity of network speeds and capabilities. These trends induce fundamental
research problems in the areas of
adaptive system behavior, secure
remote execution and extensibility.