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Symmetric File Systems
Distribute storage among all the clients
GPFS (AIX), GFS, PVFS (User Level)
Reliability Issues
Compute nodes less reliable because of the disk
Storage less reliable, unless replication schemes employed
Scalability Issues
Stealing cycles from clients, which have other work to do
Coupling of computing and storage
Like early days of engineering workstations, private storage
PPT Version