I meant to mention in the meeting (but forgot). On this:
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> If you are talking about RFIO, then it isn't very efficient over the LAN either.
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> One does wonder if usermode filesystem module could be written for it - and whether that would take advantage of the kernel page cache.
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There is actually a fuse gfal module that someone gave me recently and that I have said I would test. It should allow both kernel page buffer to be used and the advantages of file:// like access.
I will let you know how it goes and pass it around for people to play with if they want.
Wahid
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