jblomer

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   by jblomer 4y ago

   A key difference is that the file system contents is preprocessed into content-addressable storage (somewhat similar to the format in a .git folder). Also a number of features and optimizations to make it work well as a shared software area
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   by jblomer 4y ago

   The data is not part of the images. It's only the software. In the vast majority of cases, any particular data processing job requires only a tiny fraction of the available software. For instance, a few hundred MB out of a few tens
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   by jblomer 4y ago

   The name is a play on the old CERNVM mainframe. The project started around 2007/2008 and produced a virtual machine image to run LHC experiment applications in the cloud. In order to keep image sizes manageable, we looked into network
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   by jblomer 4y ago

   Project owner here. Most likely yes, pending speakers' consent.