At SEE 2009 we’ll be running a Persistent Data, File Systems and Memory – Past, Present and Future BoF session. You are cordially invited to attend. If you do not know what a BoF is, read Lars Kurth’s post about plans for Birds of a Feather sessions at SEE 2009. I’m Chris Dudding, Package Owner for the Persistent Data Services package. I work for Nokia in London, though I am writing here in a personal capacity.
Persistent Data Services is an OS layer package that provides the standard frameworks and libraries for handling persistent data storage. It includes the Central Repository, Symbian SQL, Store, Event Logger and Feature Manager APIs. You can contact the package team using the OS Base Services forum or the persistentdata-dev mailing list.
What kinds of topics could be discussed at the BoF?
Performance and Scalability improvements in Symbian^3
Symbian^3 will include the 64-bit File Server and performance enhancements to Symbian SQL. Share your experience and ideas for further improvement with others.
The growth of digital data
The 2009 IDC Digital Universe study forecasts massive growth in the creation and storage of digital information. Do you agree with their assessment? How does this affect future mobile storage technologies?
- Will we need new features or technologies to search and organise this data? Full-text searching in databases? New file systems? Semantic web?
- How much storage do we expect will be available in the future? What memory technologies will be used or will cloud storage of data become increasingly important?
Future directions for Persistent Data, File Systems and Memory
Do you have questions about the Persistent Data Services or Kernel & HW Services backlogs?
Symmetric multiprocessing
Symbian^3 includes the changes necessary to ensure Persistent Data Services and Kernel & Hardware Services packages run correctly on a symmetric multiprocessor system. What are the future plans for enhancements?
Impact of new memory technologies
Developments in flash memory technologies continue to increase the storage capacity of mobile devices. Come and discuss your views on future memory technologies and their impacts.
Your ideas and proposals
Perhaps you would like to talk about providing an open source Flash Translation Layer or discuss needs for eMMC Support
What happens next?
Register for SEE 2009 if you haven’t already. You don’t need to sign-up for the BoF. Just turn up!
Of course, feel free to add a comment to introduce yourself and propose other topics for discussion.
Hope to see you at SEE2009!
