On behalf of the 3rd Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage ''11) program committee, I would like to invite you to submit papers that present a fresh look at file and storage technologies. Storage systems continue to present important research challenges and opportunities today. The rapid increase in the volume and variety of digital data, the trend toward using commodity components rather than custom-built hardware, the ability to insert new filesystem functionality transparently in hypervisors, the emergence of persistent storage memory technologies, the challenges of "big data," the rise of distributed key-value stores (such as nosql), and the proliferation of storage devices in consumer electronics all offer exciting opportunities and new challenges. We expect the workshop submissions to advocate fresh, unorthodox approaches advancing the state of the art in file and storage systems design. Ideas presented in the workshop should provide a new look at storage technologies and eventually lead to work that will likely appear in top-tier systems conferences. The HotStorage workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in presenting their thoughts and engaging in discussions with their colleagues. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Cloud storage * Storage for virtualized datacenters * Clustered storage architectures * Storage for mobile and embedded systems * Key-value and "nosql" storage * Solid-state storage * Archival storage * Storage at home * Search and data retrieval * Storage security * Caching, replication, and data consistency * Interactions of storage systems and databases * The challenges of "big data" * Storage system performance modeling and prediction Submissions are due Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at 9:00 p.m. PST. For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://www.usenix.org/hotstorage11/cfpa HotStorage ''11 will be part of the USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 12-17, 2011. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Irfan Ahmad, VMware HotStorage ''11 Program Chair hotstorage11chair@usenix.org --------------------------------- Call for Papers 3rd Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage ''11) June 14, 2011 Portland, OR Part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 12-17, 2011 http://www.usenix.org/hotstorage11/cfpa Submission Deadline: March 9, 2011, 9:00 p.m. PST. ---------------------------------