README

             The Parallel Virtual File System, Version 2


    Parallel Architecture Research Laboratory, Clemson University

Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

PVFS2 is a next generation parallel file system for Linux clusters. It
harnesses commodity storage and network technology to provide concurrent
access to data that is distributed across a (possibly large) collection
of servers.  PVFS2 serves as both a testbed for parallel I/O research
and as a freely available production-level tool for the cluster community.

See the top level COPYING file for license information.

NOTE: The pvfs2 kernel modules for 2.4.x and 2.6.x are released under
the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Information about building and installing PVFS2 can be found in:
doc/pvfs2-quickstart.pdf
doc/pvfs2-quickstart.ps

Information about the current state of the project can be found in:
doc/pvfs2-status.pdf
doc/pvfs2-status.ps

A user's manual and introduction to PVFS2 can be found in:
doc/pvfs2-guide.pdf
doc/pvfs2-guide.ps

Documentation of interest to developers can be found in doc/design and 
doc/coding, although it may not be in sync with the current code.

Project contributions are listed in the AUTHORS and CREDITS files.

-PVFS2 Development Team