Os principais projetos sao: MPI-I/O, PIOFS, PPFS, PFS (Intel), NAP, PIOUS e HPSS (High-Performance Scalable Storage). Ver tambem SIO (Scalable I/O Initiative).
"Input/Output in Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems", Ravi Jain, John Werth, James Browne, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.
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