X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/68df419b94f90deec6780ef4a9e32c19367ff5b9..7f4f03348bd07609e258eb3b545bdafc2c881847:/doc/doxygen/platform.doc diff --git a/doc/doxygen/platform.doc b/doc/doxygen/platform.doc index 39338af070..365daca78c 100644 --- a/doc/doxygen/platform.doc +++ b/doc/doxygen/platform.doc @@ -683,16 +683,14 @@ kicks in. It then loops back, starting at 100µs (the initial value) for one sec #### The ```` tag #### -Similar to ``\``, the link may also contain the ```` tag; see the host +Similar to the ```` tag, a link may also contain the ```` tag; see the host documentation (Section \ref pf_host) for an example. -TODO - \subsubsection pf_backbone \note - This tag is only available when the containing AS uses the "Cluster" mode! + This tag is only available when the containing AS uses the "Cluster" routing mode! Using this tag, you can designate an already existing link to be a backbone. @@ -711,9 +709,23 @@ id | yes | string | Name of the link that is supposed to act msg_file_management ; access functions are organized as a POSIX-like interface. -\subsubsection pf_sto_conc Storage Main concepts -Basically there are 3 different entities available in SimGrid that -can be used to model storage: +\subsubsection pf_sto_conc Storage - Main Concepts + +The storage facilities implemented in SimGrid help to model (and account for) +storage devices, such as tapes, hard-drives, CD or DVD devices etc. +A typical situation is depicted in the figure below: + +\image html ./webcruft/storage_sample_scenario.png +\image latex ./webcruft/storage_sample_scenario.png "storage_sample_scenario" width=\textwidth + +In this figure, two hosts called Bob and Alice are interconnected via a network +and each host is physically attached to a disk; it is not only possible for each host to +mount the disk they are attached to directly, but they can also mount disks +that are in a remote location. In this example, Bob mounts Alice's disk remotely +and accesses the storage via the network. + +SimGrid provides 3 different entities that can be used to model setups +that include storage facilities: Entity name | Description --------------- | ----------- @@ -940,7 +952,7 @@ available in the directory ``examples/msg/io/`` useful. \subsubsection pf_storage_examples_modelling Modelling different situations The storage functionality of SimGrid is type-agnostic, that is, the implementation -does not presume any type of storagei, such as HDDs/SSDs, RAM, +does not presume any type of storage, such as HDDs/SSDs, RAM, CD/DVD devices, USB sticks etc. This allows the user to apply the simulator for a wide variety of scenarios; one