[gfarm-announce:00080] Gfarm version 1.1.0

[Osamu Tatebe <o.tatebe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,
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(BWe are pleased to announce the release of Gfarm Data Grid middleware,
(Bversion 1.1.0.  Gfarm is a reference implementation of the Grid
(BDatafarm architecture designed for Petascale Data-intensive computing.
(BIt provides a global file system using local disks of cluster nodes,
(Band supports data-parallel execution via file-affinity scheduling.
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(BThis release takes another major step forward to Grid/cluster file
(Bsystem.  Especially, you can use it as if it were *mounted on /gfarm*.
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(B/gfarm is shared among every node.  Once you install application
(Bpackages or system software under /gfarm, every node can execute the
(Bapplication even though they requires shared libraries in Gfarm file
(Bsystem, and share data.
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(BMoreover, this release removes almost all restrictions to create files
(Bin Gfarm file system including file creation by a child process via a
(Bredirection.  Actually, you can execute the following on one of file
(Bsystem nodes;
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(B  % bash
(B  % cd /gfarm/~
(B  % cvs co gfarm
(B  % cd gfarm
(B  % sh ./configure
(B  % make
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(BBesides, configuration scripts make it easy to set up Gfarm file
(Bsystem.
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(BWe strongly encourage all to upgrade to this version, and would like
(Byou to experience a global virtual file system.
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(BThe software can be downloaded from: http://datafarm.apgrid.org/
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(BBug tracking system is available at http://datafarm.apgrid.org/bugzilla/
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(BCopyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 National Institute of Advanced
(BIndustrial Science and Technology (AIST).  All Rights Reserved.
(B
(BRelease note for Gfarm 1.1.0
(B============================
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(B[2005.3.9]
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(BUpdated Features
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(B * Configuration utilities for RPM binary packages;
(B	config-gfarm - set up metadata server and Gfarm configuration file.
(B	config-gfsd - set up file system node.
(B	For details, see INSTALL.RPM.
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(B * gfrep(1) - supports recursive replication when directories are
(B   specified, and supports the -N option that specifies the number of
(B   file replicas.
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(B * gfs_rename(3) - supports to rename not only a file but also a
(B   directory.
(B
(B * Syscall hooking library
(B
(B  - New syscall hook entries; truncate, ftruncate, symlink, chown,
(B    lchown, fchown, setxattr, lsetxattr, and fsetxattr.
(B
(B  - redirect support, i.e. cat a > /gfarm/~/a
(B    'sh ./configure' works well in Gfarm file system!
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(B  - tcsh and zsh support. (old tcsh still has a problem when a command
(B    error happens.)
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(B * Documentation
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(B   (INSTALL.RPM) Installation document using RPM binary packages
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(B * Bug fix
(B
(B  - Service certificate cannot be used when host cert or user proxy
(B    cert is not available.
(B
(B  - vim cannot open a file when it is specified by a relative path.
(B
(B  - 'gfrun ls' lists the contents in the physical spool directory.
(B
(B  - open(file, O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC) fails when the file exists.
(B
(B  - gfs_rename and syscall hook entry for rename. (Bugzilla #6)
(B
(B  - Fix an oops when seeking beyond the buffer in SEEK_CUR.
(B
(B  - Fix 'segmentation fault' when executing tcsh.
(B
(B  - Fix 'no such object' error when accessing a new file or a new
(B    directory created by another application.
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(B  - Fix 'invalid argument' error when reading and writing the same
(B    file.
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(B  - gfsplck recognizes an incorrect section name when the filename
(B    includes ':'.
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(B---
(BOsamu Tatebe, Ph.D.   Tel: +81-29-861-5844  FAX: +81-29-862-6601
(BGrid Technology Research Center,
(BNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
(BAIST Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568 JAPAN
(BE-mail: o.tatebe@xxxxxxxxxx     http://phase.hpcc.jp/people/tatebe/