PPFS - Portable Parallel File System
- Abstract
- We have developed (and continue to enhance) a portable,
parallel input/output library to explore the design
space for scalable input/output systems. This approach
permits a wide range of experimentation with modest
human resources. These input/output libraries are invoked
by user input/output calls and rely on the underlying
system software for physical input/output, though the
option exists to replace the physical system with a
simulation substrate. Interposing the libraries between
the application and the system software allows us to
quickly experiment with a variety of data distribution
and data management algorithms. For example, local
read ahead and write behind policies can be implemented
in the user-level library, as well as coordinated global
prefetching policies coupled with distributed caching.
- DateOfInformation
- Thr Oct 29 15:48:34 1998
- Domain
- Parallel Processing Tools!Parallel I/O Systems
- TargetEnvironment
- The input/output library is portable (and has been
debugged to varying degrees) across a growing number
of platforms: Intel Paragon XP/S, IBM SP-2, Convex
Exemplar, SGI Power Challenge, Unix workstations (for
development).
- Version
- 1.0
- Webpage
- http://vibes.cs.uiuc.edu/Project/PPFS/PPFSOverview.htm
- ContactIs
- PPFS Help
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