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Remembrance: The Unbearable Sentience of Being Digital

Databases 2009-09-15 v1 Operating Systems

Abstract

We introduce a world vision in which data is endowed with memory. In this data-centric systems paradigm, data items can be enabled to retain all or some of their previous values. We call this ability "remembrance" and posit that it empowers significant leaps in the security, availability, and general operational dimensions of systems. With the explosion in cheap, fast memories and storage, large-scale remembrance will soon become practical. Here, we introduce and explore the advantages of such a paradigm and the challenges in making it a reality.

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@article{arxiv.0909.1763,
  title  = {Remembrance: The Unbearable Sentience of Being Digital},
  author = {Ragib Hasan and Radu Sion and Marianne Winslett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.1763},
  year   = {2009}
}

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CIDR 2009