PaScal - A new parallel and scalable server 10 networking infrastructure for supporting global storage/file systems in large-size linux clusters

Conference Proceedings of the IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 331-340

  Grider, Gary ^a   Chen, Hsing Bung ^a   Nunez, James ^a   Poole, Steve ^a   Wacha, Rosie ^a   Fields, Parks ^a   Martinez, Robert ^a   Martinez, Paul ^a   Khalsa, Satsangat ^a   Matthews, Abbie ^b   Gibson, Garth ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Panasas File Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster computing; Global storage file system; High speed interconnect; Load balancing; Multipath routing; Parallel and scalable I O

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; GLOBAL STORAGE/FILE SYSTEM; HIGH-SPEED INTERCONNECTS; LOAD BALANCING; MULTIPATH ROUTING; PARALLEL I/O; SCALABLE I/O;

BANDWIDTH; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FILE ORGANIZATION; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ROUTERS;

SERVERS;

EID: 33751060991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/.2006.1629424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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