Distributed NAStore as the next step

The authors describe the goals and requirements that have shaped the emerging NAStore 3 design. They describe the current form of the design, which employs the Bitfile Server interface and the Bitfile Server's Migration Manager to create a transparent distributed file system. They describe how the UNIX system can be modified to work jointly with other UNIX systems to create a distributed file system while continuing to work independently as it does now. They also describe how the NAStore 3 design builds upon NAStore 2 and upon the U.C. Berkeley Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) research. Finally, they outline the prototype construction and system implementation steps to be taken leading to a production NAStore 3 system.<<ETX>>