Storing files in a parallel computing system based on user or application specification
Abstract
Techniques are provided for storing files in a parallel computing system based on a user-specification. A plurality of files generated by a distributed application in a parallel computing system are stored by obtaining a specification from the distributed application indicating how the plurality of files should be stored; and storing one or more of the plurality of files in one or more storage nodes of a multi-tier storage system based on the specification. The plurality of files comprise a plurality of complete files and/or a plurality of sub-files. The specification can optionally be processed by a daemon executing on one or more nodes in a multi-tier storage system. The specification indicates how the plurality of files should be stored, for example, identifying one or more storage nodes where the plurality of files should be stored.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1244229
- Patent Number(s):
- 9298733
- Application Number:
- 13/536,289
- Assignee:
- EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 28
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
Citation Formats
Faibish, Sorin, Bent, John M., Nick, Jeffrey M., Grider, Gary, and Torres, Aaron. Storing files in a parallel computing system based on user or application specification. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Faibish, Sorin, Bent, John M., Nick, Jeffrey M., Grider, Gary, & Torres, Aaron. Storing files in a parallel computing system based on user or application specification. United States.
Faibish, Sorin, Bent, John M., Nick, Jeffrey M., Grider, Gary, and Torres, Aaron. Tue .
"Storing files in a parallel computing system based on user or application specification". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1244229.
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abstractNote = {Techniques are provided for storing files in a parallel computing system based on a user-specification. A plurality of files generated by a distributed application in a parallel computing system are stored by obtaining a specification from the distributed application indicating how the plurality of files should be stored; and storing one or more of the plurality of files in one or more storage nodes of a multi-tier storage system based on the specification. The plurality of files comprise a plurality of complete files and/or a plurality of sub-files. The specification can optionally be processed by a daemon executing on one or more nodes in a multi-tier storage system. The specification indicates how the plurality of files should be stored, for example, identifying one or more storage nodes where the plurality of files should be stored.},
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Works referenced in this record:
PLFS: a checkpoint filesystem for parallel applications
conference, January 2009
- Bent, John; Gibson, Garth; Grider, Gary