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Storage

Storage

• on each computing node a 100GB (or larger) SATA disks, no RAID, for temporary storage
• large HDs on computing nodes could be used in a Cluster File System like GFS
• dedicated connection to a large, RAID5-based File Server for permanent, safe storage ?
• CERN uses white-box PCs with 3Ware SATA cards
• archive.org uses these: http://www.capricorn-tech.com/products.html
• http://qsol.com/
• http://www.coraid.com ATA over Ethernet; USD 5000 for a 24-drive system

Network File systems: NFS,AFS,GFS,Lustre

• Lustre
• GFS
  • http://gfs.wikidev.net/Main_Page
  • GFS install for Gentoo
  • GNBD
  • RedHat Cluster and GFS manuals
• SGI CXFS
• Gfarm
• Ask Slashdot: Distributed Storage Systems for Linux?
• http://www.pvfs.org/
• article on OCFS2
• Global Network block Device
• http://www.archive.org/web/petabox.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA-over-Ethernet
  • http://www.coraid.com/
  • http://www.michaelhoover.org/mike/2005/01/coraid.html
  • http://www.viraj.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2005/02/10/raid_on_a_coraid
• Enterprise Volume Management System - Cluster Design

• Distributed Data RAID

Linux Magazine articles on files systems

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• Parallel Platters: File Systems for HPC Clusters (Part One)
• Parallel Platters: File Systems for HPC Clusters (Part Two)
• Parallel Platters: File Systems for HPC Clusters (Part Three)
• ext4 File System: Introduction and Benchmarks

Hardware

• http://www.addonics.com/products/raid_system/
• Status for SATA support on Linux