Scalable Storage Server for Multimedia and Scientific Applications

本项目利用通信交换机和工作站搭建高性能分布式存储系统。要存储的数据将分布在工作站之间，并将使用工作站之间的通信网络进行检索。要解决的研究问题包括硬件和软件瓶颈的识别，系统扩展的限制，分布式系统中多媒体I/O的调度，以及I/O对交换机架构的影响。教育是这个项目的一部分；计划包括一门关于I/O系统的研究生课程，一个计算机体系结构的本科生实验室，以及使用研究期间开发的机器作为研究生课程的测试平台。

This project is building a high-performance distributed storage system using communication switches and workstations. Data to be stored will be distributed across the workstations and will be retrieved using the communication network between the workstations. Research issues to be addressed include identification of hardware and software bottlenecks, limits to system scaling, scheduling of multimedia I/O in a distributed system, and the implications of I/O on switch architecture. Education is a part of this project; plans include a graduate course on I/O systems, an undergraduate laboratory in computer architecture, and use of the machine developed during the research as a testbed for the graduate course.