• 中国计算机学会会刊
  • 中国科技核心期刊
  • 中文核心期刊

J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 38-43.

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An ObjectBased Storage System Based on CustomBuilt HighPerformance Interconnects

GUO Yufeng,LI Qiong,LUO Li   

  1. (School of Computer Science,National University of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073,China)
  • Received:2009-09-11 Revised:2009-12-03 Online:2011-05-25 Published:2011-05-25

Abstract:

The trend as such makes it very promising to build a scalable I/O system for highperformance computing through the implementation of an objectbased storage system based on highperformance interconnects. We design and implement a custombuilt highperformance, low latency interconnects chip HSNI, which provides a  very good performance of communication, and can be used to build objectbased storage systems. Firstly, we introduce the hardware architecture, the software structure and the communication mechanism of HSNI. Then we implement an objectbased storage system based on HSNI. The experimental results show HSNI can provide high bandwidth, low latency data transfer, and is very suitable for building objectbased storage systems, and the storage systems based on HSNI can exert the performance of Lustre effectively with good scalability, which satisfies the demands of the I/O system for highperformance computing perfectly.

Key words: objectbased storage;highperformance interconnect;communication mechanism