Title :
Los Alamos HPDS: high-speed data transfer
Author :
Collins, William ; Brewton, James ; Cook, Danny ; Jones, Lynn ; Kelly, Kathleen ; Kluegel, Lynn ; Krantz, Dan ; Ramsey, Cheryl
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe the Los Alamos High-Performance Data System (HPDS), which is being developed to meet data-storage and data-access requirements of Grand Challenge and National Security problems running in a high-performance computing environment. HPDS is a fourth-generation data storage system in which storage devices are directly connected to a network, data are transferred directly between client machines and storage devices, and software distributed on workstations provides system-management and control capabilities. Essential to the success of HPDS will be the ability to effectively use High-Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) networks and HIPPI-attached storage devices for high-speed data transfer. The authors discuss the peer-to-peer data transfer protocol that has been developed for HPDS, and describe the HPDS implementation approach
Keywords :
database management systems; digital storage; protocols; HIPPI networks; High-Performance Data System; Los Alamos HPDS; data transfer protocol; data-access requirements; data-storage; fourth-generation data storage system; high-performance computing environment; high-speed data transfer; system-management; Computer network management; Computer networks; Data systems; File servers; File systems; National security; Network servers; Power system management; Supercomputers; Workstations;
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
DOI :
10.1109/MASS.1993.289771
