October 18, 2001
Distributed file storage
THE DISTRIBUTED computing model (featured in this column on August 10, 2000 _ href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/08/10/stories/0810000f.htm"> http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/08/10/stories/0810000f.htm) harnesses the unused processing power of PCs distributed world over to accomplish projects that involve intensive computations to be undertaken. Based on the same philosophy, computer scientists are trying to develop a highly reliable backup system, where unused hard disk space from the machines that lie at various locations is mobilised to create a global virtual storage space.
