A test bed for a high-performance file server

Author

Arneson, David ; Beth, Sterling ; Tavakley, Ravi ; Ruwart, Thomas

Author_Institution

Control Data Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

26-29 Apr 1993

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

174

Abstract

The authors outline the design concepts and issues being explored, using a large-scale, high-performance file server, in the High Performance File Server (HPFS) test bed at the US Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) at the University of Minnesota. They present the implementation of a variety of concepts described in the Mass Storage System Reference Model, and being developed by the IEEE Storage System Standards Working Group. The concepts implemented by this project include the separation of data and control within a distributed file system manager to effectively use a separate, high-speed data path managed by a Bitfile Mover. This project has been completed to the point of a successful demonstration of the functionality of the AFS Client interface using Bitfile Movers to read data over a HIPPI (High-Performance Parallel Interface) channel

Keywords

file servers; local area networks; network interfaces; AFS Client interface; Bitfile Mover; HIPPI; High-Performance Parallel Interface; IEEE Storage System Standards Working Group; Mass Storage System Reference Model; distributed file system manager; high-performance file server; test bed; Control systems; Data systems; File servers; File systems; Hardware; High-speed networks; Large-scale systems; Network servers; Testing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mass Storage Systems, 1993. Putting all that Data to Work. Proceedings., Twelfth IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3460-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASS.1993.289763

Filename

289763