DocumentCode
2944216
Title
Connecting Disk Arrays Directly to the Grid
Author
Wang, Frank Z. ; Wu, Shiqian ; Helian, Na ; Thompson, Susan ; Johnson, I. ; Milward, D. ; Maddock, Robert ; Guo, Youguang ; Bacon, Jean ; Xiong, Jun ; Sun, Ninghui
Author_Institution
Cambridge-Cranfield HPCF, Cranfield
fYear
2006
fDate
8-12 May 2006
Firstpage
612
Lastpage
612
Abstract
We have historically seen Network-attached Storage (NAS) replacing traditional server-attached storage in most cases. The concept of developing the grid-attached storage microkernel is offloading most of server functionality in Linux and Globus. A grid-attached storage appliance has a processor, a microkernel, and file I/O protocols. The grid-attached storage appliances can be deployed across the Grid platform providing FTP services to end users and grid-enabled applications. The technique of parallel streams is implemented in GridFTP by dividing the data to be transferred into N portions and transferring each portion with a separate TCP connection.
Keywords
grid computing; storage area networks; disk arrays; grid platform; grid-attached storage appliances; network-attached storage; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Educational institutions; File systems; Grid computing; Home appliances; Internet; Joining processes; Linux; Web server;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Magnetics Conference, 2006. INTERMAG 2006. IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
1-4244-1479-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/INTMAG.2006.376336
Filename
4262045
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