Category: Linux / IS-IT

License: GPL

Limitations :

OS: SH3/Console

Size: 12.92 MB (13,539,451 bytes)

Introduction: The Parallel Virtual File System is an early design of a parallel I/O for dedicated clusters of workstations, Pile-of-PCs and in particular, Beowulf workstations. PVFS provides the following: compatibility with existing binaries, ease of installation and user-controlled striping of files across nodes. PVFS supports the UNIX I/O interface and utilizes a shared library that allows existing UNIX I/O programs to use PVFS files without recompiling. The familiar UNIX file tools (ls, cp, rm, etc.) will all operate on PVFS files and directories.