Appendix A Glossary of Terms and AcronymsHPSS Installation Guide September 2002 475Release 4.5, Revision 2file system id A 32-bit number that uniquely identifies an aggregate.FTP File Transfer ProtocolGatekeeper Server An HPSS server that provides two main services: the ability to schedulethe use of HPSS resources referred to as the Gatekeeping Service, and theability to validate user accounts referred to as the Account ValidationService.Gatekeeping Service A registered interface in the Gatekeeper Server that provides a site themechanism to create local policy on how to throttle or deny create, openand stage requests and which of these request types to monitor.Gatekeeping Site Interface The APIs of the gatekeeping site policy code.Gatekeeping Site Policy The gatekeeping shared library code written by the site to monitor andthrottle create, open, and/or stage requests.GB Gigabyte (230)GDA Global Directory AgentGDS Global Directory ServiceGECOS The comment field in a UNIX password entry that can contain generalinformation about a user, such as office or phone number.GID Group IdentifierGK Gatekeeper Server.global mount point A path in the DFS name space where a fileset has been mounted. A globalmount point typically starts with the characters ‘/:’.GSS Generic Security ServiceGUI Graphical User InterfaceHA High AvailabilityHACMP High Availability Clustered Multi-Processing - A software package usedto implement high availability systems.halt A forced shutdown.HDM Shorthand for HPSS/DMAP.hierarchy See Storage Hierarchy.HIMF HPSS Interim Metadata FormatHiPPI High Performance Parallel InterfaceHPSS High Performance Storage System
