Network-centric computing aims to solve the problems associated with traditional client/server systems, namely the high performance requirements, and costly maintenance of, the computing resources. With the network-centric model, applications are stored on servers and downloaded to clients as required, where they are then executed locally. User data is saved back to the remote server-local user data is only temporary. However these applications lack a standard file system where they can store their data files. For instance, when these applications are run as Java applets in a web browser, they are prevented from accessing the local storage system by the Java environment. This paper proposes the Java File System (JFS), a distributed file system for use by these applications, which provides strong security and client/server heterogeneity.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Research Division:	Information and Computing Sciences
Research Group:	Distributed Computing
Research Field:	Distributed Computing not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Information and Communication Services
Objective Group:	Computer Software and Services
Objective Field:	Computer Software and Services not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Nixon, Paddy (Professor Paddy Nixon)
ID Code:	69399
Year Published:	1999
Deposited By:	Research Division
Deposited On:	2011-04-20
Last Modified:	2011-05-23
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