bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) (10/06/89)
At the installations I'm familiar with, the "common file system" (CFS, MASS, etc.: used for offline mass storage) is typically very un-unix-like in its command structure, diagnostic output, etc. I am wondering if anyone has made any attempt to make it more unix-like, either via scripts or even a new interface? I am also wondering what percentage of sites use a mass storage system on the CFS model? What other methods are common? The only system I've encountered that *doesn't* have CFS is the Ohio State Supercomputer Center, who reserve something like 8 cartridge tapes per user and automatically compress files which haven't been accessed in some time-frame. Obviously CFS is an optional product, but who actually supplies it and the software for it? -- David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365
MWM@PSUVM.BITNET (10/06/89)
CFS was developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and first put to use there in 1979. An "enhanced" version of it is marketted as Data Tree, from DISCOS, Distributed Computing Solutions, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, CA, 92138, phone is (619) 534-5037. I understand they are a division of General Atomics. My info does not indicate any direction on their part to "make it more Unix-like".
mar@lanl.gov (Mark Roschke) (10/10/89)
In article <698@orange19.qtp.ufl.edu> bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) writes: > >At the installations I'm familiar with, the "common file system" (CFS, >MASS, etc.: used for offline mass storage) is typically very >un-unix-like in its command structure, diagnostic output, etc. > >I am wondering if anyone has made any attempt to make it more >unix-like, either via scripts or even a new interface? > A project is underway here at Los Alamos to provide two unix-like interfaces to the common file system. The first interface is command line oriented, and the second is screen oriented (a browser). Mark Roschke mar@lanl.gov Computing and Communications Division Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (505)667-7073