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HopsFS: Scaling Hierarchical File System Metadata Using NewSQL Databases

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Niazi, S., Ismail, M., Haridi, S., Dowling, J. (2019). HopsFS: Scaling Hierarchical File System Metadata Using NewSQL Databases. In: Sakr, S., Zomaya, A.Y. (eds) Encyclopedia of Big Data Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77525-8_146

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