As information increases steadily, it is vital to ensure that digitally stored data withstands device failures, and that it is readily available, reliable and consistent. An EU initiative sought innovative solutions for effective data storage.
The EU-funded ATOMICDFS (Seeking efficient atomic implementations of distributed data storage) project studied the existence of efficient, strongly consistent distributed file systems in asynchronous environments where fail-prone processes communicate via message exchanges.
Further details: Optimised distributed storage systems for more effective data storage