Before starting to use an HPC system it is important to basically understand file system architectures used in clusters.

• To provide knowledge about I/O architectures used in HPC environments: local, distributed, parallel and hierarchical file systems.

• K1.3.2.3.1-B Overview
• K1.3.2.3.2-B Parallel File System
• K1.3.2.3.3-B Network File Systems