I Introduction. - 1 I/O in Parallel and Distributed Systems: an Introduction. - 2 An Introduction to Parallel I/O Models and Algorithms. - 3 Issues in Compiling I/O Intensive Problems. - 4 Introduction to Multiprocessor I/O Architecture. - II System Software. - 5 Overview of The MPI-IO Parallel I/O Interface. - 6 Runtime Support for Out-of-Core Parallel Programs. - 7 Parallel I/O Workload Characteristics Using Vesta. - 8 Video on Demand Using the Vesta Parallel File System. - 9 Low-Level Interfaces for High-Level Parallel I/O. - 10 Scalable Concurrency Control for Parallel File Systems. - 11 Improving the Performance of Parallel I/O Using Distributed Scheduling Algorithms. - 12 Placement-Related Problems in Shared Disk I/O. - III Architecture. - 13 Performance Evaluation of a Massively Parallel I/O Subsystem. - 14 Heterogeneous I/O Contention in a Single-Bus Multiprocessor. - 15 HCSA: A Hybrid Client-Server Architecture. - 16 A Scalable Disk System with Data Reconstruction Functions. - 17 An Experimental Memory-Based I/O Subsystem. Language: English