Parallel-I/O Anecdotes

This archive dates from 2011 (with most content from prior to 2005) and is no longer updated. It is here for archival reference.

Over the years I have collected several anecdotes from people who use parallel I/O, need I/O in their parallel application, or just do lots of I/O in a scientific application. I have collected a few of them here. Because some of these folks were corresponding with privately me via email, I have made their anecdote anonymous.

See also the list of examples.

Applications of Parallel I/O, by David Kotz. Pointers to lots of papers that describe applications that use parallel I/O.
Applications of Parallel I/O, by Ron Oldfield and David Kotz. A supplement to the earlier report.
Out-of-core solver for CM5
Large plasma-physics dataset
Air-quality modeling
Ocean model
Finite-element analysis, Maspar
Big data sets
HPFF minutes
Environmental modeling, big data sets
Electronic structure of molecules (long)
CMF applications at NCSA
Checkers-endgame database
Grand-challenge applications
Large, Out-of-Core Calculation Runs on the IBM SP2 from NAS News, July - August 1995 -- Volume 2, Number 11
Jason Moore. Parallel I/O Requirements of Four Oceanography Applications. Oregon State University Department of Computer Science TR 95-80-1, January 95. (Postscript, 25929 bytes)