SCHEDULE: NOV 10-16, 2007

Scaling I/O Capability in Parallel File Systems

Session: Scaling I/O Capability in Parallel File Systems

Event Type: Birds of a Feather

Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Session Chair: Nikhil Kelshikar

Leader(s): Nikhil Kelshikar, Brent Welch, Steve Jones

Location: D4

Abstract:
HPC clusters have been growing in size and capacity. To scale application performance to meet these advances, data storage and server I/O capability needs to scale proportionately. Innovations in data storage technology are enabling applications to achieve performance levels demanded by HPC users. Additionally, new multi-fabric switches are enabling the use of high performance interconnects such as InfiniBand and 10GigE to provide new levels of bandwidth between compute clusters and storage systems.

In this session we will discuss the following:

1. Innovative cluster architectures for scaling I/O over high-speed interconnects such as InfiniBand or 10 Gigabit Ethernet to Parallel File Systems

2. Use of InfiniBand to Ethernet & Storage Gateway Devices and benchmarks in real world environment with applications

3. How Parallel File System innovations achieve maximum I/O application performance at scale

Chair/Leader Details:

Nikhil Kelshikar (Chair)
Cisco Systems, Inc

Nikhil Kelshikar
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Brent Welch
Panasas, Inc.

Steve Jones
Stanford University

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