Terascale I/O Solutions

PSC has architected and delivered the TCS-1 machine, a Terascale Computing System for use in unclassified research. PSC has enhanced the effective usability and utilization of this resource by providing custom I/O solutions in four key areas: high-performance communication, highperformance file migration, checkpoint/recovery and an updated hierarchical storage management system. These I/O solutions have a synergistic effect that is leveraged in their design, implementation and integration. Each successive enhancement builds on its predecessors, thereby exacting the highest performance (e.g. multi GB/sec file transfers) from the available hardware. This paper presents a technical overview of these solutions from design to integration to application.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ICCS
• Authors: Nathan Stone, John Kochmar, Paul Nowoczynski, J. Ray Scott, Derek Simmel, Jason Sommerfield, Chad Vizino
• Keywords: Custom I/o Solutions, I/O Solutions, ICCS 2003, Terascale Computing System