@Article{catania:disk-array,
  author = {V. Catania and A. Puliafito and S. Riccobene and L. Vita},
  title = {Design and Performance Analysis of a Disk Array System},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computers},
  year = {1995},
  month = {October},
  volume = {44},
  number = {10},
  pages = {1236--1247},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, disk array, pario-bib},
  abstract = {We concentrate on the architectural issues of parallelizing I/O
  access in a disk array system by means of definition of a new, particularly
  flexible architecture, called partial dynamic declustering, which is
  fault-tolerant and offers higher levels of performance and reliability than
  the solutions normally used. A simulation analysis highlights the efficiency
  of the proposed solution in balancing the file system workload and
  demonstrates its validity in both cases of unbalanced loads and expansion of
  the system. Particular attention is also paid to the definition of analytical
  models, based on stochastic reward nets, in order to analyze the performance
  and reliability of the system. The response time distribution function is
  evaluated and a specific performance analysis with varying degrees of
  declustering and workload is carried out.}
}