Optimizing mass storage organization and access for multi-dimensional scientific data

Author

Drach, Robert ; Hyer, Susan W. ; Louis, Steven ; Potter, Gerald ; Richmond, George ; Shoshani, Arie ; Rotem, Doron ; Segev, Arie ; Seshadri, Sridhar ; Samet, Hanan ; Bogdanovich, Pedja

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

26-29 Apr 1993

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

219

Abstract

A critical issue for scientific investigators is ready access to the large volume of data generated by large-scale supercomputer simulations and physical experiments. The authors describe the current status of a collaborative effort which focuses on managing data produced by climate modeling applications. The project is aimed at significantly improving the accessibility and ease of use of large scientific databases, in the context of a hierarchical mass storage system. The following aspects of the work are considered in detail: physical database design, metadata, storage, the mass storage system interface, and reduced data sets

Keywords

climatology; database management systems; geophysics computing; storage management; climate modeling applications; large scientific databases; large-scale supercomputer simulations; mass storage organization; mass storage system interface; metadata; multidimensional scientific data access; physical database design; physical experiments; reduced data sets; storage; Assembly; Collaboration; Data analysis; Database systems; Delay; Educational institutions; Indexing; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Supercomputers;

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.1993.289757

Filename

289757