Scaling a global file system to the greatest possible extent, performance, capacity, and number of users

Phil Andrews; Bryan Banister; Patricia Kovatch; Chris Jordan; Roger Haskin

doi:10.1109/MSST.2005.30

Scaling a global file system to the greatest possible extent, performance, capacity, and number of users

Phil Andrews, Bryan Banister, Patricia Kovatch, Chris Jordan, Roger Haskin

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Abstract

We investigate here, both theoretically and by demonstration, scaling file storage to the very widest possible extents. We use IBM's GPFS file system, with extensions developed by the San Diego Supercomputer Center in collaboration with IBM. Geographically, the file system extends across the United States, including Pittsburgh, Illinois, and San Diego, California, with the TeraGrid 40 Gb/s backbone providing the Wide Area Network connectivity. We show the results from two demonstrations, at each of the past two Supercomputing conferences, SC03 in Phoenix, Arizona, and SC04 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The second demonstration was purposely designed to presage an intended production facility across the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid[1].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
Pages	109-117
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSST.2005.30
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, IEEE/NASA MSST2005 - Monterey, CA, United States Duration: 11 Apr 2005 → 14 Apr 2005

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Name	Proceedings - Twenty -second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies

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Conference	Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, IEEE/NASA MSST2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey, CA
Period	11/04/05 → 14/04/05

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Andrews, P., Banister, B., Kovatch, P., Jordan, C., & Haskin, R. (2005). Scaling a global file system to the greatest possible extent, performance, capacity, and number of users. In Proceedings - Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (pp. 109-117). (Proceedings - Twenty -second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies). https://doi.org/10.1109/MSST.2005.30

Andrews, Phil ; Banister, Bryan ; Kovatch, Patricia et al. / Scaling a global file system to the greatest possible extent, performance, capacity, and number of users. Proceedings - Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies. 2005. pp. 109-117 (Proceedings - Twenty -second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies).

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Andrews, P, Banister, B, Kovatch, P, Jordan, C & Haskin, R 2005, Scaling a global file system to the greatest possible extent, performance, capacity, and number of users. in Proceedings - Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies. Proceedings - Twenty -second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, pp. 109-117, Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, IEEE/NASA MSST2005, Monterey, CA, United States, 11/04/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSST.2005.30

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Andrews P, Banister B, Kovatch P, Jordan C, Haskin R. Scaling a global file system to the greatest possible extent, performance, capacity, and number of users. In Proceedings - Twenty-second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies. 2005. p. 109-117. (Proceedings - Twenty -second IEEE/Thirteenth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies). doi: 10.1109/MSST.2005.30

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