Guest editor's foreword: bigger and faster and smaller

ABSTRACT

In recent years storage systems have evolved dramatically as a result of both social and technical advances. Storage systems and storage devices are found in almost any computing installation from large centralized and distributed enterprise systems to a variety of mobile consumer electronic devices. Such a wide deployment of storage has created a need to re-evaluate basic solutions in storage systems design and implementation. As part of this ongoing process of technology evolution, it is critical to find a framework to identify, understand, and evaluate a range of issues. The reliability, availability, scalability, performance, and power consumption characteristics of storage systems must be considered in a variety of traditional and emerging computing environments.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  B. Hardware
  B.3 MEMORY STRUCTURES
      B.3.2 Design Styles
          Subjects: Mass storage (e.g., magnetic, optical, RAID)

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.4 PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS
      Subjects: Reliability, availability, and serviceability

  E. Data
  E.5 FILES

  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.2 Information Storage

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.1 Project and People Management
          Subjects: Systems analysis and design

General Terms:
Design, Management, Performance, Reliability