Title :
PIOUS: a scalable parallel I/O system for distributed computing environments
Author :
Moyer, Steven A. ; Sunderam, V.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
PIOUS is a parallel file system architecture that provides cost-effective, scalable bandwidth in a network computing environment. PIOUS employs data declustering, to exploit the combined file I/O and buffer cache capacities of networked computing resources, and transaction-based concurrency control, to guarantee access consistency without explicit synchronization. This paper presents preliminary results from a prototype PIOUS implementation
Keywords :
buffer storage; concurrency control; file organisation; input-output programs; parallel programming; synchronisation; PIOUS; access consistency; buffer cache; cost-effective; data declustering; distributed computing environments; explicit synchronization; input output system; networked computing resources; parallel file system architecture; prototype; scalable bandwidth; scalable parallel I/O system; transaction-based concurrency control; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Fault tolerance; File servers; File systems; Libraries; Software architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Scalable High-Performance Computing Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5680-8
DOI :
10.1109/SHPCC.1994.296629
