CMMD I/O: a parallel Unix I/O
Best, M.L.; Stanfill, C.; Greenberg, A.; Tucker, L.W.
Parallel Processing Symposium, 1993., Proceedings of Seventh International
Volume , Issue , 13-16 Apr 1993 Page(s):489 - 495
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/IPPS.1993.262828
Summary:The authors propose a library providing Unix file system support
for highly parallel distributed-memory computers. CMMD I/O supports Unix
I/O commands on the CM-5 supercomputer. The overall objective of the
library is to provide the node level parallel programmer with routines
for opening, reading, writing a file, and so forth. The default behavior
mimics standard Unix running on each node; individual nodes can
independently perform file system operations. New extensions to the
standard Unix file descriptor semantics provide for co-operative
parallel I/O. New functions provide access to very large
(multi-gigabyte) files
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