Scientific data storage solutions: Meeting the high-performance challenge
Donald G. Krantz, Liz Jones, L. Kluegel, C. Ramsey, William Collins · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 1994
The Los Alamos High-Performance Data System (HPDS) has been developed to meet data storage and data access requirements of Grand Challenge and National Security problems running in a high-performance computing environment. HPDS is a fourth-generation data storage system in which storage devices are directly connected to a network, data is transferred directly between client machines and storage devices, and software distributed on workstations provides system management and control capabilities. Essential to the success of HPDS is the ability to effectively use HIPPI networks and HIPPI-attached storage devices for high-speed data transfer. This paper focuses on the performance of the HPDS storage systems in a Cray Supercomputer environment.