High Throughput WAN Data Transfer with Hadoop-based Storage

Document #:

OSG-doc-1017-v1

Document type:

Paper

Submitted by:

Haifeng Pi

Updated by:

Haifeng Pi

Document Created:

18 Jan 2011, 14:51

Contents Revised:

18 Jan 2011, 14:51

DB Info Revised:

18 Jan 2011, 14:51

Abstract:

Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) is becoming more popular in recent years as a key building block of integrated grid storage solution in the field of scientific computing. Wide Area Network (WAN) data transfer is one of the important data operations for large high energy physics experiments to manage, share and process datasets of PetaBytes scale in a highly distributed grid computing environment. In this paper, we present the experience of high throughput WAN data transfer with HDFS-based Storage Element. Two protocols, GridFTP and fast data transfer (FDT), are used to characterize the network performance of WAN data transfer.

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Topics:

• Security:General Security
• Activities:Networking
• Communications
• Historical
• Governance:Reports
• Software
• Science:Particle Physics

Authors:

• Haifeng Pi

Keywords:

WAN transfer throughput HDFS storage element

Associated with Events:

CHEP10 held on 18 Oct 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan