In 2003, the High End Computing Revitalization Task Force designated file systems and I/O as an area in need of national focus. The purpose of the High End Computing Interagency Working Group (HECIWG) is to coordinate government spending on File Systems and 1I0 (FSIO) R&D by all the government agencies that are involved in High End Computing. The HECIWG tasked a smaller advisory group to list, categorize, and prioritize HEC VO and File Systems R&D needs. In 2005, leaders in FSIO from academia, industry and government agencies collaborated to Jist and prioritize areas of research in HEC FSIO. This led to a very successful High End Computing University Research Activity (HECURA) call from NSF in 2006 and has prompted a new HECURA call from NSF in 2009. This paper serves as both a review of the 2008 HEC FSIO identified research gaps as well as a preview of this forthcoming HECURA call.
Revised: March 11, 2009 |
Published: January 1, 2009
Citation
Grider G., J. Nunez, J. Bent, R. Ross, L. Ward, S. Poole, and E.J. Felix, et al. 2009.Coordinating Government Funding of File System and I/O Research through the High End Computing University Research Activity.Operating Systems Review 43, no. 1:2-7.PNNL-SA-64854.