DMF - SGI Mission
SGI fields all DMF platforms
- High-performance for CPU and I/O bandwidth
- Mission critical applications
- Production environments
DMF manages disk capacity and data integrity
- Old motivation - Cray disk very expensive
- New - Disk cost ~$.60/MB purchase, ~$3.50/year to administer
- Optimizes economic value of disk and offline media
Field proven over 10-year history
- Customer-driven requirements
- Active development program
- DMF enhances value/efficiency