IBP-Mail: Controlled Delivery of Large Mail Files

NetStore '99: Network Storage Symposium, Internet2, Seattle, WA, October, 1999.

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Abstract

IBP-Mail allows for an efficient transfer of the file from sender to receiver that makes use of the asynchronous nature of mail transactions, does not expend extra spooling resources of the sender or receiver, and utilizes network resources efficiently and safely. In this paper, we detail the current limitations of mail systems, describe the software architecture of IBP-Mail and its current implementation, and give a performance case study.

Currently, IBP-Mail uses network storage servers that are part of the Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure project. It is based on the Internet Backplane Protocol (IBP) that has been developed at the University of Tennessee for the explicit purpose of utilizing network storage to improve application performance and functionality.

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Citation Information

• Plain Text:

  author          W. Elwasif and J. S. Plank and M. Beck and R. Wolski
  title           {\em IBP-Mail}: Controlled Delivery of Large Mail Files
  booktitle       NetStore '99: Network Storage Symposium
  publisher       Internet2, \url{http://dsi.internet2.edu/netstore99}
  month           October
  year            1999
  where           http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~jplank/plank/papers/NS99-IBPM.html
  

• Bibtex:

  @INPROCEEDINGS{ep:99:ibpm,
          author = "W. Elwasif and J. S. Plank and M. Beck and R. Wolski",
          title = "{\em IBP-Mail}: Controlled Delivery of Large Mail Files",
          booktitle = "NetStore '99: Network Storage Symposium",
          publisher = "Internet2, \url{http://dsi.internet2.edu/netstore99}",
          month = "October",
          year = "1999",
          where = "http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~jplank/plank/papers/NS99-IBPM.html"
  }