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Creating Scalable Petascale File Systems using Application-Aware Network…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Energy 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
84986 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
85408 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
RNET Technologies, Inc.
240 W. Elmwood Dr. Suite 2010 Dayton, OH -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Creating Scalable Petascale File Systems using Application-Aware Network Offloading
Agency: DOE
Contract: DE-FG02-08ER86334
Award Amount: $100,000.00
 

Abstract:

Many DOE applications are becoming more data intensive, and petascale computing systems are being developed to respond to this need. As these larger computing machines are developed, it is crucial that their file systems do not become the primary bottleneck. In order to meet the demand of such systems, the metadata server must be parallelized, and hardware offload techniques must be utilized to improve performance and scalability of parallel file systems. In this project, the meta-data server will be parallelized using low overhead RDMA operations and hardware based atomic consistency mechanisms. In addition, hardware offload techniques e.g., dynamic caching, hardware consistency protocol implementation, and networking atomic will be used to improve existing parallel file system implementations e.g., Lustre. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: The scalable parallel file systems developed in this project will support the construction of larger supercomputers and data centers, required for cutting edge scientific research and large scale business applications.

Principal Investigator:

Gerald Sabin
Dr
9374332886
gsabin@rnet-tech.com

Business Contact:

Vaidnathan Nagarajan
Dr
9374332886
vnagarajan@rnet-tech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Rnet Technologies, Inc.
240 West Elmwood Street Suite 2010 Dayton, OH 45459

EIN/Tax ID: 200098466
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
Ohio State University
2015 Neil Ave
Columbus, OH 43210-1277
Contact: Angela Maupin
Contact Phone: (614) 247-6080
RI Type: Nonprofit college or university