@Article{miller:pass,
  author = {L.~L. Miller and S.~R. Inglett and A.~R. Hurson},
  title = {{PASS}--- A Multiuser Parallel File System Based on Microcomputers},
  journal = {Journal of systems and software},
  year = {1992},
  month = {September},
  volume = {19},
  number = {1},
  pages = {75--83},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, parallel file system, multiprocessor file system,
  pario-bib},
  abstract = {Data intensive computer applications suffer from inadequate use
  of parallelism for processing data stored on secondary storage devices.
  Devices such as database machines are useful in some applications, but many
  applications are too small or specialized to use such technology. To bridge
  this gap, the authors introduce the parallel secondary storage (PASS) system.
  PASS is based on a network of microcomputers. The individual microcomputers
  are assigned to a unit of secondary storage and the operations of the
  microcomputers are initiated and monitored by a control processor. The file
  system is capable of acting as either an SIMD or an MIMD machine.
  Communication between the individual microcomputers and the control processor
  is described. The integration of the multiple microcomputers into the
  primitive operations on a file is examined. Finally, the strategies employed
  to enhance performance in the multiprogramming environment are discussed.}
}