Comments for Parallel Virtual File System
Re: Whoa! Future looks bright
> When someone hacks a "mount.pvfs" this
> will have more uses than just for PVM.
> This would be a good replacement for
> Storage Area Networks (SAN).
Got it :).
Whoa! Future looks bright
When someone hacks a "mount.pvfs" this will have more uses than just for PVM. This would be a good replacement for Storage Area Networks (SAN).
Imagine one or more linux frontends that load-balance TCP-sessions with RNAT/IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH to a bunch of backends. The backends share vital data over PVFS.
Ie. one could build a load-balanced TCP/IP service with standard daemons, no need to buy or develop special SW.
Re: Whoa! Future looks bright
> When someone hacks a "mount.pvfs" this
> will have more uses than just for PVM.
> This would be a good replacement for
> Storage Area Networks (SAN).
I known what you mean, it's really sounds cool, but for the sake of simplicity I think I'll stay with something like ChironFS (freshmeat.net/projects....