@InProceedings{french:balance,
  author = {James C. French},
  title = {Characterizing the Balance of Parallel {I/O} Systems},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Distributed-Memory Computer
  Conference},
  year = {1991},
  pages = {724--727},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, multiprocessor file system, pario-bib},
  comment = {Proposes the min\_SAR, max\_SAR, and ratio phi as measures of
  aggregate file system bandwidth. Has to do with load balance issues; how well
  the file system balances between competing nodes in a heavy-use period.}
}