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Locking Mechanisms

Locking Mechanisms is a synchronization protocol in parallel file systems that regulates concurrent access to shared data by granting exclusive or non-exclusive control over file regions to prevent data inconsistency and ensure coherence among distributed processes.

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ZooKeeper: wait-free coordination for internet-scale systems

P. G. Hunt, Mahadev Konar, Flavio Junqueira et al. · 2010 · 1.3K citations

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Philippe Charles, Christian Grothoff, Vijay Saraswat et al. · 2005 · 1.3K citations

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GPFS: A Shared-Disk File System for Large Computing Clusters

Frank Schmuck, Roger Haskin · 2002 · 1.2K citations

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The Chubby lock service for loosely-coupled distributed systems

Mike Burrows · Operating Systems Design and Implementation · 2006 · 902 citations

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Concurrency control in groupware systems

Colter Ellis, S. Gibbs · ACM SIGMOD Record · 1989 · 867 citations

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Authors

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  1. CM
    C. Mohan

    IBM Research - Almaden, United States

    7 publications · 559 citations

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  2. AS
    Abraham Silberschatz

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    6 publications · 162 citations

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  3. WL
    Wei‐keng Liao

    Northwestern University, United States

    5 publications · 127 citations

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  4. DA
    Divyakant Agrawal

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 124 citations

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  5. JH
    James H. Anderson

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 146 citations

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Institutions

280

  1. IBM (United States)

    Armonk, United States

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    8.9K citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    513 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    819 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    334 citations

  7. Hewlett-Packard (United States)

    Palo Alto, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    378 citations

  8. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    605 citations

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  1. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 9 publications · 473 citations

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  2. Very Large Data Bases

    Conference · 7 publications · 424 citations

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  3. ACM Transactions on Database Systems

    TODS · 5 publications · 737 citations

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  4. ACM SIGPLAN Notices

    5 publications · 445 citations

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  5. ACM SIGMOD Record

    4 publications · 965 citations

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