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Small file aggregation in a parallel computing system

US8825652B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignees

EMC Corporation · US
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC · US

Inventors

Sorin Faibish · Newton, US
John M. Bent · Los Alamos, US
Percy Tzelnic · Concord, US
Gary Grider · Los Alamos, US
Jingwang Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2012
Grant date	Sep 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/1827
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided for small file aggregation in a parallel computing system. An exemplary method for storing a plurality of files generated by a plurality of processes in a parallel computing system comprises aggregating the plurality of files into a single aggregated file; and generating metadata for the single aggregated file. The metadata comprises an offset and a length of each of the plurality of files in the single aggregated file. The metadata can be used to unpack one or more of the files from the single aggregated file.

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