The Livermore distributed storage system: requirements and overview

Author

Hogan, C. ; Cassell, L. ; Foglesong, J. ; Kordas, J. ; Nemanic, M. ; Richmond, G.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

7-10 May 1990

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

17

Abstract

The requirements for a large-scale distributed storage system are outlined and a description is given of how a system being developed, called the LINCS storage system (LSS), meets the requirements. The LSS provides distributed storage in an environment that includes supercomputer host machines and a large-capacity hierarchical central repository. The key terms and concepts of the LSS are defined and a brief architectural overview of the system is given. Major system components are described in more detail. The contributions of the LSS to the design of large-scale distributed storage systems are identified and discussed. The current status of the development of the LSS is described, and hardware and software components are briefly discussed.<>

Keywords

digital storage; distributed processing; storage allocation; storage management; LINCS storage system; LSS; Livermore distributed storage system; hierarchical central repository; supercomputer host machines; Centralized control; File systems; Hardware; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Network servers; Protocols; Storage automation; Supercomputers; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mass Storage Systems, 1990. Crisis in Mass Storage. Digest of Papers., Tenth IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2034-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASS.1990.113562

Filename

113562