FAST (File and Storage Technologies) Talks & Presentations

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InfiniCache - Exploiting Ephemeral Serverless Functions to Build a Cost-Effective Memory Cache

Innovative serverless-based object caching system offering cost savings, high data availability, and competitive performance for storage-intensive web applications.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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How to Copy Files

Explores efficient file cloning techniques in BetrFS, introducing "nimble clones" that optimize performance and space usage through copy-on-abundant-write policy and write-optimized key-value store.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Strong and Efficient Consistency with Consistency-Aware Durability

Introduces consistency-aware durability for strong consistency in distributed storage. Demonstrates cross-client monotonic reads in ORCA, a modified ZooKeeper, offering improved performance over strongly consistent systems.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Making Disk Failure Predictions SMARTer

Explore advanced machine learning techniques for predicting disk failures in large-scale data centers, improving reliability and reducing downtime in IT infrastructure.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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OpenEC - Toward Unified and Configurable Erasure Coding Management in Distributed Storage Systems

Unified framework for deploying erasure coding solutions in distributed storage systems, simplifying integration and optimizing repair performance.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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SPEICHER - Securing LSM-based Key-Value Stores Using Shielded Execution

Secure key-value storage system using shielded execution, providing confidentiality, integrity, and data freshness. Implements authenticated LSM data structure and asynchronous trusted counters for enhanced security on untrusted hosts.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Orion - A Distributed File System for Non-Volatile Main Memory and RDMA-Capable Networks

Explores a novel distributed file system design optimized for non-volatile main memory and RDMA networks, achieving high performance for metadata and data access while maintaining byte addressability.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Citron - Distributed Range Lock Management with One-sided RDMA

Innovative distributed range lock management system using one-sided RDMA, enhancing concurrent access to shared storage with improved throughput and reduced latency compared to CPU-based approaches.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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SHADE - Enable Fundamental Cacheability for Distributed Deep Learning Training

Innovative caching system for distributed deep learning training, improving performance by prioritizing important data samples and enhancing cache hit ratios in I/O-intensive workloads.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Perseus - A Fail-Slow Detection Framework for Cloud Storage Systems

Innovative framework for detecting and analyzing fail-slow failures in cloud storage systems, reducing tail latency and providing insights into root causes through large-scale dataset analysis.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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HadaFS - A File System Bridging the Local and Shared Burst Buffer for Exascale

Innovative file system for exascale supercomputers, bridging local and shared burst buffers. Enhances scalability, performance, and data sharing while addressing metadata management and I/O challenges.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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ROLEX - A Scalable RDMA-oriented Learned Key-Value Store for Disaggregated Memory Systems

Scalable RDMA-oriented learned key-value store for disaggregated memory systems, improving performance on dynamic workloads and addressing challenges in data storage and retrieval.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Fisc - A Large-scale Cloud-native-oriented File System

Innovative cloud-native file system addressing challenges in container-based applications. Introduces lightweight client, DPU-based offloading, storage-aware mechanism, and full path QoS for improved performance and resource efficiency.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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MadFS - Per-File Virtualization for Userspace Persistent Memory Filesystems

Explores per-file virtualization for userspace persistent memory filesystems, introducing MadFS with embedded metadata, crash consistency, and optimistic concurrency control for improved performance and scalability.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Fast Application Launch on Personal Computing - Communication Devices

Innovative prefetcher Paralfetch speeds up app launches on personal devices through accurate request collection, pre-scheduling, and overlapped execution, outperforming existing prefetchers in tests.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk