@InProceedings{debenedictis:pario,
  author = {Erik DeBenedictis and Peter Madams},
  title = {{nCUBE's} Parallel {I/O} with {Unix} Capability},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Distributed-Memory Computer
  Conference},
  year = {1991},
  pages = {270--277},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, multiprocessor file system, file system interface,
  pario-bib},
  comment = {Looks like they give the byte-level mapping, then do normal reads
  and writes; mapping routes the data to and from the correct place. But it
  does let you intermix comp with I/O. Elegant concept. Nice interface. Works
  best for cases where 1) data layout known in advance, data format is known,
  and mapping is regular enough for easy specification. I think that irregular
  or unknown mappings could still be done with a flat mapping.}
}