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Fraunhofer File System (FhGFS): Solid, Fast, and Made in Europe

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

There are a lot of good research projects going on in Europe: if you didn’t hear about them, it is simply because they are not receiving the media attention they deserve. One of such projects is the Fraunhofer parallel file … Continue reading →

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Many-core and InfiniBand: Making Your Own CPUs Gives You Independence

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

The headline sounds like the obvious thing: of course, if you can make your own CPUs for your projects, then you don’t have to rely on CPU manufacturers. “But wait”, you would ask, “Aren’t CPU design and manufacture very expensive?” … Continue reading →

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Parallel NFS (pNFS): the War Is Close

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

Every Unix of Linux system administrator knows NFS, the Network File System, invented back in 1984. Its notable feature is a very simple syntax: mount server.example.com:/exported/tree /example/mountpoint This will mount the server’s directory “/exported/tree” on a local machine, making it … Continue reading →

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Open Hardware Paves the Way to Commodity Water Cooled Servers

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

Google is making its own custom servers, but they don’t disclose many important details. On the contrary, Facebook is trying to provide as much information as possible about their own custom servers — in the hope it will benefit the … Continue reading →

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