Mather, Paul2013-06-192013-06-192002-10-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20077I propose a storage system optimised for digital libraries. Its key features are its heterogeneous scalability; its integration and exploitation of rich semantic metadata associated with digital objects; its use of a name space; and its aggressive performance optimisation in the digital library domain.application/pdfapplication/postscriptenIn CopyrightOperating systemsInformation retrievalTechnical reportTR-02-21http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000620/01/TR-02-21.pdfhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000620/02/TR-02-21.ps