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‘MaaS’: Fast Retrieval of Data in Cloud Using Metadata as a Service

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In cloud era as the data stored is enormous, efficient retrieval of data with reduced latency plays a major role. In cloud, owing to the size of the stored data and lack of locality information among the stored files, metadata is a suitable method of keeping track of the storage. This paper describes a novel framework for efficient retrieval of data from the cloud data servers using metadata with less amount of time. Performance of queries due to availability of files for query processing can be greatly improved by the efficient use of metadata and its analysis thereof. Hence this paper proposes a generic approach of using metadata in cloud, named ‘MaaS—Metadata as a Service.’ The proposed approach has exploited various methodologies in reducing the latency during data retrieval. This paper investigates the issues on creation of metadata, metadata management and analysis of metadata in a cloud environment for fast retrieval of data. Cloud bloom filter, a probabilistic data structure used for efficient retrieval of metadata is stored across various metadata servers dispersed geographically. We have implemented the model in a cloud environment, and the experimental results show that methodology used is efficient in increasing the throughput and also by handling large number of queries efficiently with reduced latency. The efficacy of the approach is tested through experimental studies using KDD Cup 2003 dataset. In the experimental results, proposed ‘MaaS’ has outperformed other existing methods.

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Anitha, R., Mukherjee, S. ‘MaaS’: Fast Retrieval of Data in Cloud Using Metadata as a Service. Arab J Sci Eng 40, 2323–2343 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-015-1652-7

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