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IBM's High Performance File System

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-who-will-use-it dept.

HoosierPeschke writes "BetaNews is running a story about IBM's new file system, General Parallel File System (GPFS). The short and skinny is that the new file system attained a 102 Gigabyte per second transfer rate. The size of the file system is also astonishing at 1.6 petabytes (petabyte == 1,024 terabytes). IBM has up a page with more information and specs on the system.."

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  1. Well.... by GoMMiX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Atleast someone can make a new filesystem... *cough* Microsoft *cough*

    1. Re:Well.... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
      Atleast someone can make a new filesystem... *cough* Microsoft *cough*

      Oh, come now. They just finished winning their latest legal round on FAT

      Give them a moment to catch their breath, will you?

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  2. 10 Tbytes? by kyouteki · · Score: 3, Funny

    But what kind of performance does this give on relatively small ( 10Tbytes) file systems? Petabyte arrays are still kind of out of reach for most.

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    1. Re: 10 Tbytes? by KDan · · Score: 5, Funny

      You puny geekling. It's been years since I migrated my enormous collection of pr0n to my petabyte array...

      Running out of space too... maybe I should build a beowulf cluster of them.

      Daniel

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    2. Re: 10 Tbytes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I recently purchased a 1,024 TB SAN array to hold all my porn. Now there are *TWO* peta-files in my house!

    3. Re: 10 Tbytes? by oliverk · · Score: 2, Funny
      You puny geekling. It's been years since I migrated my enormous collection of pr0n to my petabyte array...

      Great, but you only ever watch 7 minutes at a time! That's like 100 billion years of pr0n!!

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  3. Fast Stuff by britneysimpson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow that"s fast stuff, plus with the ability to slow light to save energy IBM should have some great new systems coming out!

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  4. Bad Article Title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this article was going to be about IBM's HPFS from OS/2.

  5. I'm Surprised by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm surprised that the content industries (read **AA) let them release this. After all, everyone knows that the only reason for large amounts of writable storage is to store stolen content and deprive artists of their just rewards. All things considered, I'm also surprised that IBM doesn't have to close a non-existent Analogue Hole, nor implement a Broadcast Flag to prevent the storage of infringing materials.

    That aside, how do I get one for my TiVo?

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  6. Re:since the /. blurb doesn't explain it... by Amouth · · Score: 5, Funny

    root@ibm$rm - r *

    humm that was quick

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  7. I don't get it by TheSkyIsPurple · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, the important question: How many Libraries of Congress is that per second?

  8. We need a common benchmark by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Typical porn movies per hour (TPMH)??

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  9. Well, ... by wasatched · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... 1.6 PB ought to be enough for anybody.

  10. Re:since the /. blurb doesn't explain it... by dow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shouldn't that be:

    root@ibm# rm -rf *

    And as always on storage/bandwidth topics: the pr0n/ogg/divx potential of that thing... *sorry*

  11. 1.6 petabytes is overkill ... by DrJimbo · · Score: 2, Funny

    640 terabytes should be enough for anybody.

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  12. Chuck Norris by City+Jim+3000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Chuck Norris penis is so big that 1.6 petabyte can only store 4 seconds of Chuck Norris porn.

    1. Re:Chuck Norris by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Which is more then any of us deserve to see.

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  13. Re:Nothing new here. Move along. by einhverfr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried to install GPFS on Windows 98 and I keep getting GPFs... Is this supposed to happen?

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