Cloud object store for archive storage of high performance computing data using decoupling middleware
US9069778B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1824
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Cloud object storage is enabled for archived data, such as checkpoints and results, of high performance computing applications using a middleware process. A plurality of archived files, such as checkpoint files and results, generated by a plurality of processes in a parallel computing system are stored by obtaining the plurality of archived files from the parallel computing system; converting the plurality of archived files to objects using a log structured file system middleware process; and providing the objects for storage in a cloud object storage system. The plurality of processes may run, for example, on a plurality of compute nodes. The log structured file system middleware process may be embodied, for example, as a Parallel Log-Structured File System (PLFS). The log structured file system middleware process optionally executes on a burst buffer node.
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