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Parallel File System
Parallel file system is a shared-storage file system that distributes data and I/O across multiple servers to serve many concurrent clients. It matters in enterprise and research settings that run high-performance computing, analytics, or AI workloads requiring high-throughput, parallel data access.
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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"parallel-file-system"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'REST
GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/9ba2bcb9-ce57-41ca-afaf-ffbbe859f0f7CLI
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| The check | What the record shows | Where it is in the data |
|---|---|---|
| It's a known term | One entry, with its type (topic) | name |
| It sits in a glossary | Linked to General Parallel File System, Parallel I/O, Data Parallelism, Parallel Processing | inDefinedTermSet |
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