Grid computations require global access to massive data stores. To meet this need, the GridNFS project aims to provide scalable, high-performance, transparent, and secure wide-are...
Abstract--With the development of high-performance computing, I/O issues have become the bottleneck for many massively parallel applications. This paper investigates scalable paral...
Jing Fu, Ning Liu, Onkar Sahni, Kenneth E. Jansen,...
A key challenge faced by large-scale, distributed applications in Grid environments is efficient, seamless data management. In particular, for applications that can benefit from a...
Jithendar Paladugula, Ming Zhao 0002, Renato J. O....
Large grid installations require global access to massive data stores. Parallel file systems give high throughput within a LAN, but cross-site data transfers lack seamless integra...
This paper studies five real-world data intensive workflow applications in the fields of natural language processing, astronomy image analysis, and web data analysis. Data intensiv...