AFS and the Web: Competitors or Collaborators?

Abstract

The World-Wide Web and AFS represent two different approaches to the problem of large-scale information sharing. The goal of this paper is to critically compare these two mechanisms and to expose their relative strengths and weaknesses. Our comparison shows that the Web and AFS are not really competing technologies. Rather, they represent complementary technologies that may be used together for mutual advantage. We present real-life examples to confirm that this potential can indeed be realized in practice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA314483

Entities

People

  • Mahadev Satyanarayanan
  • Mirjana Spasojevic

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Networks
  • Computing Devices
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Transfer
  • World Wide Web

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