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| CNIT 46100 - Parallel Data Systems |
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Associated Term:
Spring 2014
Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the factors that motivate the use and development of high performance parallel storage systems. 2. Understand the importance of fast data rates to the efficient use of HPC systems and processors, and the effects of poor I/O on application performance. 3. Develop a high performance storage system by building, benchmarking and optimizing a small commodity-based storage system based on the Linux operating system and other open source software packages. 4. Understand the storage hierarchy, and the speeds, feeds, and costs at each level. 5. Understand the technological characteristics of components at each level of the storage hierarchy, and the effects of these technologies on reliability and performance. 6. Understand the range of interconnection technologies available for parallel data systems, and the effects of these technologies on storage performance. 7. Understand the range of storage technologies available and the design of high performance storage systems that are cost effective and reliable. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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