This book is directed towards computer professionals involved with systems integration, software development and systems design. It is intended as an aid to the evaluation of optical storage software for use in existing or planned computer systems. The chapters have been arranged to progress from general to increasingly technical and specific topics, although individual chapters may be read as standalone papers in their own right. Contributors include skilled systems designers, programmers, systems integrators and software engineers all with hands-on experience of WORM technology. Topics covered include different perspectives on software requirements, the applicability of off-the-shelf versus customized software, large-scale data formats and standards, operational systems dependence and independence, benchmarking drives and jukeboxes, the impact and uses of the SCSI interface. A glossary and list of proposed software standards are included.
This book is directed towards computer professionals involved with systems integration, software development and systems design. It is intended as an aid to the evaluation of optical storage software for use in existing or planned computer systems. The chapters have been arranged to progress from general to increasingly technical and specific topics, although individual chapters may be read as standalone papers in their own right. Contributors include skilled systems designers, programmers, systems integrators and software engineers all with hands-on experience of WORM technology. Topics covered include different perspectives on software requirements, the applicability of off-the-shelf versus customized software, large-scale data formats and standards, operational systems dependence and independence, benchmarking drives and jukeboxes, the impact and uses of the SCSI interface. A glossary and list of proposed software standards are included.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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glossary, recommended reading
Maße
Höhe: 228 mm
Breite: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-88736-379-5 (9780887363795)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Optical storage market requirements: market requirements for optical disk file systems; a manufacturer's view of WORM software requirements. Part 2 Optical file system implementations: an operating system independent WORM file system; implementing WORM storage in the MS-DOS environment; implementing WORM and erasable optical storage; implementing WORM storage with Jukebox support; implementing WORM storage in the Unix environment; implementing WORM storage in the VAX/VMS environments. Part 3 Jukebox software: evaluation of optical disk Jukebox software; the universe online - as case study of jukebox implementation. Part 4 Optical disk evaluation and performance issues: benchmark testing of WORM drives - a systems investigator's perspecitve; sector striping techniques for WORM drives. Part 5 Standardizing software interfaces: the role of the SCSI interface; an open software architecture for storage device integration. Part 6 Optical standards: current status of optical media standards; file structure standards; optotech systems architecture; the SCSI conectivity crisis; directory of firms and groups.
