Performance of a Multiprocessor Multidisk

Professionals in various #elds such as medical imaging# biology# and civil engineering require rapid access to huge amounts of image data. Mul# timedia interfaces further increase the demand for high#performance image and media servers. We consider a parallel image server archi# tecture that relies on arrays of intelligent disk nodes# each disk node consisting of one processor and one or more disks. The multiprocessor multidisk design is applied in an original waytoprovide both high# performance real#time access and unlimited# inexpensive mass storage capacities through the use of removable CD#ROM medium. Reading uncompressed or lossless compressed image data striped across multi# ple CD#ROM disks yields sustained performance of up to 2.5 Mbytes#s

Aeronautical engineering: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 301)

This bibliography lists 1291 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in Feb. 1994. Subject coverage includes: design, construction and testing of aircraft and aircraft engines; aircraft components, equipment, and systems; ground support systems; and theoretical and applied aspects of aerodynamics and general fluid dynamics