Dynamic file migration in distributed computer systems
Bezalel Gavish, Olivia R. Liu Sheng · Communications of the ACM · 1990
The importance of file migration is increasing because of its potential to improve the performance of distributed office, manufacturing and hospital information systems. To encourage research in the file migration problem, the authors summarize accomplishments of researchers of the problem, provide a detailed comparison of file migration and dynamic file allocation problems, and identify important areas of research to support the development of effective file migration policies.