This filesystem has been around for a while. It's just a new release for AIX
and Red Hat Linux massive clusters. Unless you have a multi-million dollar
hard drive array, I don't think you'll be using this anytime soon. :-)
Sincerely,
Richard Morgan
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Quoting Mavrick <icebergwaltz@gmail.com>:
> http://www.betanews.com/article/IBM_Builds_Super_Fast_File_System/1141943597
>
>
>
> This article was released late last week. Just thought some people on the
> list would be interested. Of particular note is the following excerpt:
>
>> 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.
>
> Interesting article. Wish I had this computer in my home office. I think
> my "World of Warcraft" experience would be greatly enhanced, wouldn't you
> agree?? :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mav
>
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