> That would be cool... especially if you could make it somewhat > redundant, like RAID-4 or -5. Kinda like EMC-class storage on the cheap! > > The latest Illuminator does something like this (0.4.1, sorry, not yet > in unstable, I'm waiting for working mpich to go in with shared libs, > the latest one doesn't build on ia-64 or hppa). Using PETSc distributed > arrays, each node saves/loads the local part of the data to a separate > file, optionally compressed. If the filename is on a local disk, then > it's like a giant RAID-0.
Latest Illuminator doesn't build on hppa? *carlos mutters something under breath and checks buildd* It seems to need geomview. Geomview fails while building some glibc glue code; lucky me I'm the HPPA glibc maintainer :) *Added to TODO list* c. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

