RFC0008

Title

DataStore Abstraction Framework

Abstract

PMIx stores two types of data: (a) data posted by application processes (typically for exchange amongst their peers), and (b) data posted for lookup by others (typically used for rendezvous purposes). The former type is supported by the put/get operations, and the data is stored on each node in a shared memory area to facilitate access by local clients with minimal footprint. This proposal provides a framework capable of supporting multiple storage implementations (thru a common abstraction interface) for the latter type of data.

Labels

  • [EXTENSION] – adds a new PMIx definition

Action

[IN PROGRESS]

Copyright (c) 2016 Intel, Inc. All rights reserved.

This document is subject to all provisions relating to code contributions to the PMIx community as defined in the community’s LICENSE file. Code Components extracted from this document must include the License text as described in that file.

Description

Requirements include:

  • reliable – data cannot be lost
  • scalable – for both publish and lookup
  • key-value oriented, with string keys and arbitrary data for the value
  • support heterogeneous environments

A detailed description of the proposed change. The length and degree of detail should be commensurate with the magnitude of the change. This is not intended to be burdensome, nor are there any awards for verbosity – but clear communication will avoid repeated requests for alterations. The description should indicate what is being modified, both functionally and by file name.

Protoype Implementation

Provide a reference link to the accompanying Pull Request (PR) against the PMIx master repository. If the prototype implementation has been tested against an appropriately modified resource manager and/or client program, then references to those prototypes should be provided. Note that approval of any RFC will be far more likely to happen if such validation has been performed!

Author(s)

Ralph H. Castain
Intel, Inc.
Github: rhc54