False sharing problems in cluster-based disk arrays

With the development of workstation cluster, more research is focused on single system image (SSI). As a part of SSI, single Ii0 space plays an important role in the application of I/O intensive applications. Cluster-based disk array is one of the RAID techniques in a cluster environment. False sharing problem in the cluster-based disk array is studied in this paper. We discuss different cases of false sharing in the cluster-based disk array. The results are useful to those who work on RAID architecture and cluster computing in general.

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