<s>
Magma	O
is	O
a	O
distributed	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
based	O
on	O
a	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
hash	I-Operating_System
table	I-Operating_System
,	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
compatible	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
kernels	O
using	O
FUSE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magma	O
binds	O
several	O
hosts	O
interconnected	O
by	O
a	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
to	O
form	O
a	O
common	O
storage	O
space	O
called	O
a	O
lava	O
ring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
vulcano	O
hosts	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
a	O
common	O
key	O
space	O
,	O
delimited	O
by	O
two	O
SHA1	B-Algorithm
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
vulcano	O
is	O
also	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
mirroring	O
the	O
key	O
space	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
node	O
,	O
to	O
ensure	O
data	B-Application
redundancy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
directory	O
,	O
as	O
done	O
by	O
standard	O
Libc	B-Language
counterpart	O
mkdir( )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
perform	O
routing	O
,	O
path	O
/example	O
is	O
translated	O
in	O
corresponding	O
SHA1	B-Algorithm
hash	O
key	O
81f762fd59d88768b06b8e9de56aef8a95962045	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
thread	B-Operating_System
called	O
balancer	O
is	O
devoted	O
to	O
distribute	O
keys	O
to	O
avoid	O
nodes	O
overloading	O
or	O
underloading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Console	O
protocol	O
is	O
a	O
text	O
based	O
protocol	O
accessible	O
via	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magma	O
client	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
FUSE	B-Application
,	O
being	O
compatible	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
kernels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Magma	O
client	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
supported	O
only	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
kernels	O
,	O
Magma	O
server	O
plans	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
NFS	B-Protocol
interface	O
for	O
other	O
Unices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
NFS	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
established	O
standard	O
,	O
no	O
new	O
features	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
cryptographic	O
layer	O
will	O
be	O
unavailable	O
to	O
client	O
mounting	O
Magma	O
shares	O
through	O
NFS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
