… the user with a unified interface to all replica management functionalities. Fig. 1 presents the
… our replica management system. The entry point to all services is the Replica Management …

… the data management and replication techniques. Therefore, we have analyzed data
management and replication … , disk storage replication, and file-based replication. The approaches …

… In the case where the logical identifier refers to an object, an object to file mapping stage
is required, since our current replica management architecture is file based. The RMS must …

… to the replication management implemented in VIP, we investigate two other replication …
The data exchanges between jobs of the GATE workflow are file-based and require transfers …

… values of the shared replicas is slightly higher than the individual replicas case, however we
… replicas required in the shared replicas case is smaller than that for the individual replicas …

… we describe the replica catalog, data mover, and the storage management service in detail.
… To support this data movement efficiently with file based replication, the Grid would next …

… We also wish to build a replication mechanism which will automatically create and destroy
a replica of a certain file based on the number of demands. This will enable that the same …

… Consequently, maintaining the same replication mechanism for every data file leads to …
HDFS replication, this paper proposes an approach to dynamically replicate the data file based …

… Several Grid data management middleware systems address replica management solutions
that are usually file based [1]. Often, replica consistency is not an issue when data is treated …

… We assigned value to each file based on important parameters such as the last time the
replica was accessed, access number and size of file. If aggregation value of the candidate files …