GridFS: Targeting Data Sharing in Grid Environments

Author

Santos, Marcelo Nery dos ; Cerqueira, Renato

Author_Institution

Dept. of Informatics, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

16-19 May 2006

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

17

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2006. CCGRID 06. Sixth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2585-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCGRID.2006.1630912

Filename

1630912