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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_VFL b/release_docs/INSTALL_VFL deleted file mode 100644 index 4385c26..0000000 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_VFL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ - Installation Instructions for HDF5 - with Different Virtual File Layer - -Support for SRB and GASS drivers was removed. See RELEASE.txt file - * * * - -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 1.1.7 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,$SRB_DIR/lib - -2. Run 'make' - -3. Run 'make check' - -4. Run 'make install' - -5. Run testing program(Optional): - Go to the testing directory(cd test) and run srb_write, srb_read, - srb_append. Actually, these tests have been run in step 3. - - srb_write: Connect to SRB server, write an HDF5 file with an integer - dataset to SRB server. - srb_read: Connect to SRB server, read part of HDF5 file on the SRB server. - srb_append: Connect to SRB server, append an integer dataset to an existent - HDF5 file on the SRB server. - -6. For using HDF-SRB, please read comments in srb_write.c, srb_read.c, - srb_append.c in the hdf5/test directory. - - - - --- Part II. Globus-GASS --- - -I. Overview ------------ -This part contains instructions for remote-accessing HDF5 through Globus-GASS. -The SGI IRIX64(and IRIX) 6.5 platform have been tested. If you have -difficulties installing the software in your system, please send mails to me -(Raymond Lu) at - slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu - -First, you must obtain and unpack the HDF5 source as described in the file -INSTALL. You need the Globus 1.1.x and SSL(should have come with Globus) -packages. - -HDF5 is built on the top of Globus-GASS(1.1.x) to handle remote access. -Globus-GASS(1.1.x) only supports HTTP and HTTPS protocals for 'whole file -read and write'. More features may be added in the future. - -II. Installation Steps ----------------------- -The installation steps are similar to the ones in INSTALL file: - -1. Run 'configure' file with SSL and GASS options: - configure --with-ssl=$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. |