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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 include($dysmas) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    bah!, i want my 25mb hdd from my Amiga 500+ back, at least i undestood the TLA's with that...

    ;)

  2. Other uses by Billosaur · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Called the General Parallel File System (GPFS), the technology allows for high-speed access to files across multiple nodes of a Linux or AIX cluster. The file system could be used in a variety of fields, including engineering design, digital media and entertainment, data mining, financial analysis, seismic data processing and scientific research.

    It could also allow users to access their porn collections with much greater speed and efficiency.

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  3. Darn! by tomcres · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I thought this was going to be about OS/2's HPFS! You don't see too many technical articles on OS/2 anymore... bummer! :-(

  4. Re:Well.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    where is the +1, viciously funny mod?

  5. You've been Sony'ed by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It may be a new file system, but chances are that Sony-BMG has already got it Root-Kitted.

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  6. It has to be said.... by Nonillion · · Score: 1, Redundant

    1.6 petabytes ought to be enough for anyone......

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