[Pvfs2-developers] Active Storage?

[David Brown]

On 4/24/07, Rob Ross <rross at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> We have discussed with the group at PNNL the idea of integrating some of
> their active storage work into PVFS in the future, but that work hasn't
> started quite yet.
>
> The idea of using FUSE as a way to hook into the I/O path is pretty
> interesting and might be a good way to prototype.
>
> pvfs2-viewdist can be used to look at how files are distributed. Data
> for files is stored in a single UNIX file on each server in a
> subdirectory under the storage space directory. Generally you can choose
> how many servers a file is spread across and what strip size is used
> through configuration parameters and extended attributes.
>

Good! I'm glad someone from pnnl has gotten a hold of you guys. Any
clue on when working with the pvfs devs is going to start?

- David Brown