Overlay File Systems
Overlay File Systems is a layered storage mechanism that belongs to the class of file system architectures, distinguished by its ability to combine multiple directory layers into a single unified view where modifications are isolated in upper layers while preserving the underlying immutable layers, commonly used in container image management and filesystem snapshots.
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User-level remote data access in overlay metacomputers
Josh Siegel, P. Lu · 2003 · 13 citations
Yu Sun, Jiaxin Lei, Seunghee Shin et al. · 2020 · 12 citations
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, United States
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6 publications
66 citations
EURECOM
Valbonne, France
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1 publications
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Kogakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
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3 publications
33 citations

University of Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
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Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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1 publications
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, United States
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2 publications
24 citations

University of Trento
Trento, Italy
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34 citations
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