Storage architectures and issues
S. Coleman · 1989
There is a growing trend among supercomputer sites toward distributed systems that provide ''seamless'' user environments. To support these heterogeneous environments, archival storage systems are becoming distributed, allowing users to access files transparently from different machines no matter where the files were originally created or where they are stored. In this paper, I will describe storage systems architectures in several supercomputer sites and some of the issues that should be considered in designing storage systems to support seamless computing. 11 refs., 4 figs.