A New Virtual Disk Mapping Method for the Cloud Desktop Storage Client

作     者：Hancong Duan Xiaoqin Wang Ping Lu Shengmei Luo Zhiyong Wang Hancong Duan;Xiaoqin Wang;Ping Lu;Shengmei Luo;Zhiyong Wang;University of Electronic Science and Technology of China;ZTE Corporation

作者机构：University of Electronic Science and Technology of China ZTE Corporation 

出 版 物：《ZTE Communications》 (中兴通讯技术（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第12卷第4期

页      面：3-7页

学科分类：08[工学] 081201[工学-计算机系统结构] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：key technologies of the integration of cloud desktop and cloud storage Platform is supported by ZTE Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Funds 

主　　题：cloud desktop file system filter driver customizable cache storage 

摘      要：Integration of the cloud desktop and cloud storage platform is urgent for enterprises. However, current proposals for cloud disk are not satisfactory in terms of the decoupling of virtual computing and business data storage in the cloud desktop environment. In this paper, we present a new virtual disk mapping method for cloud desktop storage. In Windows, compared with virtual hard disk method of popular cloud disks, the proposed implementation of client based on the virtual disk driver and the file system filter driver is available for widespread desktop environments, especially for the cloud desktop with limited storage resources. Further more, our method supports customizable local cache storage, resulting in userfriendly experience for thinclients of the cloud desktop. The evaluation results show that our virtual disk mapping method performs well in the readwrite throughput of different scale files.