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diff --git a/INSTALL_VFL b/INSTALL_VFL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d3e490 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL_VFL @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ + Installation Instructions for HDF5 + with Different Virtual File Layer + + * * * + +This file contains installation instructions for HDF5 with certain Virtual File +Layer to handle file I/O. We currently have documented SRB and Globus-GASS. + + + + --- Part I. SRB --- +I. Overview +----------- +This part contains instructions for remote-accessing HDF5 through SRB. The +SRB version 1.1.6 on Sun Solaris 2.7 platform has been tested. If you have +difficulties installing the software in your system, please send mails to me +(Raymond Lu) at + + slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu + +First, you must obtain and unpack the HDF5 source as described in the file +INSTALL. You need the SRB library(client part) installed. You should also +have access to SRB server. + + +The Storage Resource Broker(SRB) from San Diego Supercomputer Center is client- +server middleware that provides a uniform interface for connecting to +heterogeneous data resources over a network and accessig replicated data sets. +SRB, in conjunction with the Metadata Catalog(MCAT), provides a way to access +data sets and resources based on their attributes rather than their names or +physical locations. Their webpage is at http://www.npaci.edu/Research/DI/srb. + +HDF5 is built on the top of SRB as a client to remotely access files on SRB +server through SRB. Right now, HDF-SRB only support low-level file transfer of +SRB. The MCAT part is not supported yet. Low-level file transfer means files +are treated just like Unix type files. Files can be read, written and +appended. Partial access(read and write to a chunk of file without transferrig +the whole) is also supported. + + +II. Installation Steps +---------------------- +The installation steps are similar to the ones in INSTALL file: + +1. Run 'configure' file with SRB options: + configure --with-srb=$SRB/include,$SRB/lib + where $SRB is your SRB installed library directory. + + For example, below is a script file to run 'configure': + #! /bin/sh + # how to configure to use the SRB + + SRB_DIR=/afs/ncsa.uiuc.edu/projects/hdf/users/slu/srb_install + configure --with-srb=$SRB_DIR/include,$SRB_DIR/lib + +2. Run 'make' + +3. Run 'make check' + +4. Run 'make install' + +5. Run testing program: + Go to the testing directory(cd test) and run srb_write, srb_read, + srb_append. + + srb_write: Connect to SRB server, write an HDF5 file with an integer + dataset to SRB server. + srb_read: Connect to SRB server, read part of HDF5 file on the SRB server. + srb_append: Connect to SRB server, append an integer dataset to an existent + HDF5 file on the SRB server. + +6. For using HDF-SRB, please read comments in srb_write.c, srb_read.c, + srb_append.c in the hdf5/test directory. + + + + --- Part II. Globus-GASS --- + +I. Overview +----------- +This part contains instructions for remote-accessing HDF5 through Globus-GASS. +The SGI IRIX64(and IRIX) 6.5 platform have been tested. If you have +difficulties installing the software in your system, please send mails to me +(Raymond Lu) at + slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu + +First, you must obtain and unpack the HDF5 source as described in the file +INSTALL. You need the Globus 1.1.x and SSL(should have come with Globus) +packages. + +HDF5 is built on the top of Globus-GASS(1.1.x) to handle remote access. +Globus-GASS(1.1.x) only supports HTTP and HTTPS protocals for 'whole file +read and write'. More features may be added in the future. + +II. Installation Steps +---------------------- +The installation steps are similar to the ones in INSTALL file: + +1. Run 'configure' file with SSL and GASS options: + configure --with-ssl=$SSL/lib --with-gass=$GASS/include,$GASS/lib + where $SSL is your SSL directory, and $GASS is your Globus directory. + + For example, below is a script file to run 'configure': + #! /bin/sh + # how to configure to use the Globus-GASS(1.1.x) + + GASS_DIR=/usr/local/globus-install-1.1.1/development/mips-sgi-irix6.5-64_nothreads_standard_debug + SSL_LIB=/usr/local/ssl/lib + + configure --with-ssl=$SSL_LIB --with-gass=$GASS_DIR/include,$GASS_DIR/lib + +2. Run 'make' + +3. Run 'make check' + +4. Run 'make install' + +5. Run testing program: + There is one read testing program called 'gass_read' in the 'test' + directory. It does whole file read through HTTP protocal. The URL is + hard coded as + http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/GLOBUS/a.h5 + + The writing really depends on your web server. You have to set up your + server in right way to accept writing in files. We have tested it using + Apache Server(1.3.12) without authentication. If you need more details + about our testing, please contact us. Globus suggests using their GASS + server. + + There is another program called 'gass_append' used for experiments. |