Title :
GridFS: Targeting Data Sharing in Grid Environments
Author :
Santos, Marcelo Nery dos ; Cerqueira, Renato
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro
Abstract :
GridFS is a system that enables data sharing in a cluster or grid environment. By deploying a set of servers over several nodes, it is possible to build a federated wide area file system integrating tera scale sized data. The data is stored in different hosts under a single name space controlled by GridFS. It was designed and developed considering interoperability, scalability and performance issues. Also, GridFS provides special functions for process schedulers, such as file transfer rate estimates, and supports legacy applications
Keywords :
file organisation; grid computing; open systems; processor scheduling; workstation clusters; GridFS; cluster environment; data sharing; federated wide area file system; file transfer rate estimates; grid environments; interoperability; legacy applications; process schedulers; Availability; Concurrent computing; File servers; File systems; Grid computing; Informatics; Network servers; Processor scheduling; Protocols; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2006. CCGRID 06. Sixth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2585-7
DOI :
10.1109/CCGRID.2006.1630912
