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Project: GPFS

Primary UITS contact: Matt Allen

Last update: December 21, 2007

Description: In September 2007, the 266TB GPFS, IBM's General Parallel File System, was mounted on Quarry and Libra, in addition to Big Red. GPFS can be accessed like any other file system at /N/gpfs/USERNAME.

Milestones and status: GPFS mounted on Quarry and Libra

Comment process: Send email to High Performance Systems.

Benefits: Users on Big Red, Libra and Quarry have access to 266TB of shared scratch space, /N/gpfs.

Related information: See Quotas on the research systems.

Primary client: IU faculty, staff, and students, and IU affiliates with accounts on Big Red, Libra, and Quarry

Project team:

  • Matt Allan
  • Collin Gayde
  • Dave Hancock
  • Jeff Gronek
  • Jenett Tillotson
  • George Turner

Governance: Craig Stewart, Associate Dean for Research Technologies