CISE Research Infrastructure: Application Over High-Speed Networks: A Pilot Project for the NII

该合同为国家信息基础设施（NII）开发分布式计算、存储和科学可视化设备原型提供支持。该设施的关键要素包括一个分布式并行存储系统，该系统具有若干物理分布式RAID系统，具有高速ATM连接；一个高带宽磁盘系统，直接连接到光纤通道交换机；一个分布式计算服务器，具有高端工作站和多处理器集群；一个高分辨率显示单元，以及一个高速本地、城域和广域网基础设施。项目包括多媒体服务器和数据库服务器领域的技术发展；网络设计、控制和性能方面的网络研究；并对并行体系结构和系统软件进行了研究。要支持的应用领域包括制造业、医疗保健、科学计算和科学可视化。

9502979 Du This award provides support to develop a prototype distributed computing, storage and scientific visualization facility for the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Key elements of the facility include a distributed parallel storage system with several physically distributed RAID systems with high speed ATM connections and a high-bandwidth disk system with direct connection to a FIBER Channel swith, a distributed computing server with clusters of high-end workstations and multiprocessors, a high resolution display unit, and a high-speed local, metropolitan, and wide area network infrastructure. Projects include technology development in the areas of multimedia servers and database servers; network research in the areas of network design, control and performance; and research in parallel architecture and system software. Applications areas to be supported include manufacturing, healthcare, scientific computing, and scientific visualization.