Contents

• 1. Overview Guide
  • 1.1. Introduction
    • 1.1.1. Related Documents
    • 1.1.2. Benefits for a Developer
    • 1.1.3. Intended Uses
  • 1.2. Functional Overview
    • 1.2.1. Explicit and Direct
    • 1.2.2. Performance Optimizations
      • 1.2.2.1. Implementation Performance Enhancements
      • 1.2.2.2. Concurrency Across Threads
      • 1.2.2.3. Asynchrony
      • 1.2.2.4. Batching
      • 1.2.2.5. Use of CUDA Streams in cuFile
    • 1.2.3. Compatibility and Generality
    • 1.2.4. Monitoring
    • 1.2.5. Scope of the Solutions in GDS
    • 1.2.6. Dynamic Routing
      • 1.2.6.1. cuFile Configuration for Dynamic Routing
      • 1.2.6.2. cuFile Configuration for DFS Mount
      • 1.2.6.3. cuFile Configuration Validation for Dynamic Routing
  • 1.3. Software Architecture
    • 1.3.1. Software Components
    • 1.3.2. Primary Components
      • 1.3.2.1. Workflows for GDS Functionality
      • 1.3.2.2. Workflow 1
      • 1.3.2.3. Workflow 2
    • 1.3.3. Aligning with Other Linux Initiatives
  • 1.4. Deployment
    • 1.4.1. Software Components for Deployment
    • 1.4.2. Using GPUDirect Storage in Containers
  • 1.5. Notice
  • 1.6. OpenCL
  • 1.7. Trademarks