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From: jrc@concurrent.co.uk (John Connett,DMS)
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Subject: Submission for comp-os-research
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Date: 3 Jan 90 13:38:46 GMT
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I wish to obtain information about techniques for Block Allocation.  By
Block Allocation I mean the allocation and finding of fixed size blocks
on secondary storage devices.  Any references on this topic would be
useful but those on the following areas would be particularly valued:

    *   Performance
    *   Locality of reference
    *   Virtual Memory interaction
    *   Database/Object Store interaction
    *   File System interaction

If anyone has a bibliography on this which they are willing to share
please let me know!

I'm already familiar with the technique used in the Berkeley Fast File
System (as described in "4.3BSD UNIX Operating System", Leffler S.J., et
al., Addison-Wesley, 1989).

Thanks in anticipation - John Connett
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