A method and apparatus for communicating data in a highly distributed parallel processing computer architecture is described. The method comprises the steps of generating a globally unique ID in the I/O node for a data extent physically stored in the plurality of storage devices, binding the globally...http://www.google.de/patents/US6256740?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6256740 - Name service for multinode system segmented into I/O and compute nodes, generating guid at I/O node and exporting guid to compute nodes via interconnect fabric
