Using high speed networks to enable distributed parallel image server systems

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:87661

Tierney, B L; Johnston, W E; Herzog, H; Hoo, G; Jin, G; Lee, J; Chen, L T; Rotem, D ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

The authors describe the design and implementation of a distributed parallel storage system that uses high-speed ATM networks as a key element of the architecture. Other elements include a collection of network-based disk block servers, and an associated name server that provides some file system functionality. The implementation is based on user level software that runs on UNIX workstations. Both the architecture and the implementation are intended to provide for easy and economical scalability. This approach has yielded a data source that scales economically to very high speed. Target applications include online storage for both very large images and video sequences. This paper describes the architecture, and explores the performance issues of the current implementation.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 87661
• Report Number(s): CONF-941118-; ISBN 0-8186-6605-6; TRN: IM9535%%293
• Resource Relation: Conference: Supercomputing `94 meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 14-18 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Supercomputing `94: Proceedings; PB: 849 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 MATHEMATICS
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INFORMATION SCIENCE
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COMPUTER NETWORKS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
PERFORMANCE
MEMORY DEVICES
PARALLEL PROCESSING
DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
MEMORY MANAGEMENT
DATA TRANSMISSION
IMAGE PROCESSING
USES
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL