Gfarm file system
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Gfarm file system is an Open Source
distributed file system
, generally used for large scale cluster computing
. The name is derived from the Grid Data Farm architecture it implements.
Grid Datafarm is a petascale
data-intensive computing project initiated in Japan. The project is a collaboration among High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba. The challenge involves construction of a Peta- to Exascale parallel filesystem exploiting local storages of PCs spread over the worldwide Grid.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
distributed file system
Distributed file system
Network file system may refer to:* A distributed file system, which is accessed over a computer network* Network File System , a specific brand of distributed file system...
, generally used for large scale cluster computing
Cluster Computing
Cluster Computing: the Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications is a journal for parallel processing, distributed computing systems, and computer communication networks....
. The name is derived from the Grid Data Farm architecture it implements.
Grid Datafarm is a petascale
Petascale
In computing, petascale refers to a computer system capable of reaching performance in excess of one petaflop, i.e. one quadrillion floating point operations per second. The standard benchmark tool is LINPACK and Top500.org is the organisation which tracks the fastest supercomputers...
data-intensive computing project initiated in Japan. The project is a collaboration among High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba. The challenge involves construction of a Peta- to Exascale parallel filesystem exploiting local storages of PCs spread over the worldwide Grid.
See also
- Distributed file systemDistributed file systemNetwork file system may refer to:* A distributed file system, which is accessed over a computer network* Network File System , a specific brand of distributed file system...
- List of file systems, the distributed parallel fault-tolerant file system section