Project: datamanagement
Issue DM-2578: Research BeeGFS file system
Research BeeGFS as possible networked filesystem for LSST usage to replace parts of NFS. Estimate spending 10 hours of work with result being a wiki page of suggestions, limitations, etc. (Any implementation will be a different task, presuming we want to implement.) http://www.beegfs.com/content/ BeeGFS (formerly FhGFS) is a parallel cluster file system, developed with a strong focus on performance and designed for very easy installation and management. If I/O intensive workloads are your problem, BeeGFS is the solution. Likely not good replacement for formal/managed data, but perhaps great option for shared scratch file systems.
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