Netstation Project

Overview & Plans


Netstation Overview

Goals:

Methods:

Components:


Transport Protocol for Backplane

IP is sufficient.

Transport-layer can be significantly improved.


Derived Virtual Device

DVD is primary network device abstraction and consists of:

DVDs provide following protection mechanisms:

DVDs are created dynamically.


Netstation Display

Network `SCSI' Display

Effective use of network as backplane.


Netstation Disk

Network SCSI Disk

Create network interface to disk that is below FS level.

Create FS (STORM) that provides safe 3rd-party I/O.


Status

Components:


Netstation Plans

Software:

Hardware:


Conclusion

Network-as-backplane architecture demonstrates:

System bandwidth that scales like a network
Improved performance via direct 3rd-party I/O
Chassis without a boundary (dynamic `glomming')
This can be accomplished while:


Last Modified: 02:39pm PST, March 13, 1997