NDLI: Distributed Technologies for Remote Access of HDF Data

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Shasharina, S.G. Chuang Li Nanbor Wang Pundaleeka, R. Wade-Stein, D.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Tech-X Corp., Boulder (Shasharina, S.G.; Chuang Li; Nanbor Wang; Pundaleeka, R.; Wade-Stein, D.)
Abstract	Scientific simulations and experiments use sophisticated data formats to store and access their data. An example of such a format is the hierarchical data format (HDF), commonly used in fusion and plasma physics, geosciences, astronomy and medical research. Most HDF data gets generated remotely (at a remote supercomputer or an experimental site) and is not readily available to the scientists. Transferring the whole data to the users' machines for analysis and visualization might be prohibitive because of the size of the data, bandwidth limitations or local storage limitations. In addition, different subsets of data may be interesting for analysis at different times. Thus, scientists need a solution for querying and accessing subsets of remote data. This paper describes several approaches to provide an access to remote HDF data and compares their performances. It also gives some details about the solution that we consider the winner - a Globus-based Web service.
Starting Page	255
Ending Page	260
File Size	218073
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769528793
ISSN	15244547
DOI	10.1109/WETICE.2007.4407166
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-06-18
Publisher Place	France
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Space technology Medical simulation Plasma simulation Physics Geology Astronomy Fusion power generation Supercomputers Data visualization Bandwidth
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Hardware and Architecture Software

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