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Purpose:
Update information for the latest version of SRB
Description:
change information about SRB from 1.1.6 to 1.1.7.
Solution:
[details about the changes, algorithm, etc...]
[Please as detail as you can since your own explanation is
better than others guessing it from the code.]
Platforms tested:
[machines you have tested the changed version. This is absolute
important. Test it out on at least two or three different platforms
such as Big-endian-32bit (SUN/IRIX), little-endian-32(LINUX) and
64-bit (IRIX64/UNICOS/DEC-ALPHA) would be good.]
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Installation Instructions for HDF5
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with Different Virtual File Layer
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This file contains installation instructions for HDF5 with certain Virtual File
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Layer to handle file I/O. We currently have documented SRB and Globus-GASS.
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--- Part I. SRB ---
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I. Overview
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-----------
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This part contains instructions for remote-accessing HDF5 through SRB. The
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SRB version 1.1.7 on Sun Solaris 2.7 platform has been tested. If you have
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difficulties installing the software in your system, please send mails to me
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(Raymond Lu) at
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slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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First, you must obtain and unpack the HDF5 source as described in the file
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INSTALL. You need the SRB library(client part) installed. You should also
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have access to SRB server.
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The Storage Resource Broker(SRB) from San Diego Supercomputer Center is client-
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server middleware that provides a uniform interface for connecting to
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heterogeneous data resources over a network and accessig replicated data sets.
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SRB, in conjunction with the Metadata Catalog(MCAT), provides a way to access
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data sets and resources based on their attributes rather than their names or
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physical locations. Their webpage is at http://www.npaci.edu/Research/DI/srb.
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HDF5 is built on the top of SRB as a client to remotely access files on SRB
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server through SRB. Right now, HDF-SRB only support low-level file transfer of
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SRB. The MCAT part is not supported yet. Low-level file transfer means files
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are treated just like Unix type files. Files can be read, written and
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appended. Partial access(read and write to a chunk of file without transferrig
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the whole) is also supported.
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II. Installation Steps
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----------------------
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The installation steps are similar to the ones in INSTALL file:
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1. Run 'configure' file with SRB options:
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configure --with-srb=$SRB/include,$SRB/lib
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where $SRB is your SRB installed library directory.
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For example, below is a script file to run 'configure':
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#! /bin/sh
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# how to configure to use the SRB
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SRB_DIR=/afs/ncsa.uiuc.edu/projects/hdf/users/slu/srb_install
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configure --with-srb=$SRB_DIR/include,$SRB_DIR/lib
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2. Run 'make'
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3. Run 'make check'
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4. Run 'make install'
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5. Run testing program(Optional):
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Go to the testing directory(cd test) and run srb_write, srb_read,
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srb_append. Actually, these tests have been run in step 3.
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srb_write: Connect to SRB server, write an HDF5 file with an integer
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dataset to SRB server.
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srb_read: Connect to SRB server, read part of HDF5 file on the SRB server.
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srb_append: Connect to SRB server, append an integer dataset to an existent
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HDF5 file on the SRB server.
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6. For using HDF-SRB, please read comments in srb_write.c, srb_read.c,
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srb_append.c in the hdf5/test directory.
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--- Part II. Globus-GASS ---
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I. Overview
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-----------
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This part contains instructions for remote-accessing HDF5 through Globus-GASS.
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The SGI IRIX64(and IRIX) 6.5 platform have been tested. If you have
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difficulties installing the software in your system, please send mails to me
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(Raymond Lu) at
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slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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First, you must obtain and unpack the HDF5 source as described in the file
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INSTALL. You need the Globus 1.1.x and SSL(should have come with Globus)
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packages.
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HDF5 is built on the top of Globus-GASS(1.1.x) to handle remote access.
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Globus-GASS(1.1.x) only supports HTTP and HTTPS protocals for 'whole file
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read and write'. More features may be added in the future.
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II. Installation Steps
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----------------------
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The installation steps are similar to the ones in INSTALL file:
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1. Run 'configure' file with SSL and GASS options:
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configure --with-ssl=$SSL/lib --with-gass=$GASS/include,$GASS/lib
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where $SSL is your SSL directory, and $GASS is your Globus directory.
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For example, below is a script file to run 'configure':
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#! /bin/sh
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# how to configure to use the Globus-GASS(1.1.x)
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GASS_DIR=/usr/local/globus-install-1.1.1/development/mips-sgi-irix6.5-64_nothreads_standard_debug
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SSL_LIB=/usr/local/ssl/lib
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configure --with-ssl=$SSL_LIB --with-gass=$GASS_DIR/include,$GASS_DIR/lib
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2. Run 'make'
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3. Run 'make check'
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4. Run 'make install'
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5. Run testing program:
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There is one read testing program called 'gass_read' in the 'test'
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directory. It does whole file read through HTTP protocal. The URL is
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hard coded as
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http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/GLOBUS/a.h5
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The writing really depends on your web server. You have to set up your
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server in right way to accept writing in files. We have tested it using
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Apache Server(1.3.12) without authentication. If you need more details
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about our testing, please contact us. Globus suggests using their GASS
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server.
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There is another program called 'gass_append' used for experiments.
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