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Summary: SeFS: Unleashing the Power of Full-text Search on File Systems*
USENIX FAST '07(WiP)
George Margaritis Stergios V. Anastasiadis
Department of Computer Science
University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, GREECE
Dropping prices in storage space
capacity combined with a constant increase
in the accumulated amount of digitized
content create an unprecedented need for
full-text search automation in local and
distributed file systems. The current state of
the art in what is usually called desktop
search is mainly (or seems to be) an
adaptation from technology previously
developed for the needs of information
retrieval and web search applications.
Indeed, search facilities for large-scale
storage systems have not received the
attention that they deserve from system
designers. We point out particular
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