A Service-Oriented Architecture to enable virtual storage services: a dynamic collaboration context. (19th March 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Shiping; Nepal, Surya; Chan, Jonathan; Moreland, David; , John Zic
• Is Part Of: International journal of ad hoc and ubiquitous computing. Volume 4:Number 2(2009)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2009-03-19
• Subjects: virtual storage services -- ephemeral data management service -- dynamic collaboration -- secure services -- service-oriented architecture -- SOA -- data sharing -- e-health -- electronic healthcare -- storage interface -- security -- key management -- global backup -- data transport protocols; Ubiquitous computing -- Periodicals; Embedded computer systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; 004.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8225

Abstract

A dynamic collaboration, formed by business partners, requires self-contained, secure and reliable storage for sharing data among collaborating participants. As such this paper presents a virtual storage services architecture that utilises a Simple Distributed Storage Interface for virtualisation of different physical storage technologies and capabilities into a pool of logical storage for collaboration data. An e-health case study, with implementation and performance evaluation, shows the storage interface and architecture within the context of a Secure Storage Service, a key management service and a global backup service. The performance evaluation uses various experimental configurations and several commonly used data transport protocols.