<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Daniel Ellard</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michael Mesnier</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eno Thereska</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gregory R. Ganger</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Margo Seltzer</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Attribute-Based Prediction of File Properties</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Harvard University Computer Science Technical Report</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">filesystems</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">December 2003</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/syrah/papers/tr-14-03/</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14-03</style></number><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cambridge, Massachusetts</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We present evidence that attributes that are known to the file system when a file is created, such as its name, permission mode, and owner, are often strongly related to future properties of the file such as its ultimate size, lifespan, and access pattern.  More importantly, we show that we can exploit these relationships to automatically generate predictive models for these properties, and that these predictions are sufficiently accurate to enable optimizations. </style></abstract></record></records></xml>