INSTANCE:
The Intermediate Storage Node Concept


The INSTANCE project is FINISHED, but will be followed up in INSTANCE II


Short Project Description:

The objective of the INSTANCE (Intermediate Storage Node Concept) project is to support asynchronous communication in server-based systems, like World-Wide Web and Video-on-Demand, more efficiently by a new structure for server-based systems. The proposed approach will lead to a structure that is capable to support concurrently a higher number of clients with lower costs (compared to traditional approaches). Servers, which are called intermediate storage nodes in INSTANCE, are seen as a vehicle to transfer information in asynchronous mode from provider to consumer. The protocol stack is drastically reduced at the server - in analogy to intermediate network nodes. The Integrated Layer Processing principle is applied to the handling of data management system, application, and the remaining communication protocol.


People:

Dr. Thomas Plagemann, Associate Professor (Project leader)
UniK - Center for Technology at Kjeller, University of Oslo
Dr. Vera Goebel, Associate Professor
UniK - Center for Technology at Kjeller, University of Oslo
Pål Halvorsen, PhD Student
UniK - Center for Technology at Kjeller, University of Oslo
Espen Jorde, Master Student
UniK - Center for Technology at Kjeller, University of Oslo
Jan Erik Askjellrud, Master Student
UniK - Center for Technology at Kjeller, University of Oslo
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Minna Kaisa Juonolainen, Finished Master Student
UniK - Center for Technology at Kjeller, University of Oslo


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Funding:

The project is funded from the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) in the context of Distributed IT Systems (DITS) programm.

All costs that are related to the PhD scholarship including income, equippment, travel costs to participate in national and international worshops/conferences, a 6 to 9 month stay abroad, literature, software, ...... are funded from NFR for a periode over four years.


Last updated 1st May 2002 by Pål Halvorsen