OddCI: on-demand distributed computing infrastructure

The availability of large quantities of processors is a crucial enabler of many-task computing. Voluntary computing systems have proven that it is possible to build computing platforms with millions of nodes to support the execution of embarrassingly parallel applications. These systems, however, lack the flexibility of more traditional grid infrastructures. On the other hand, flexible infrastructures currently available can gather only dozens of thousands nodes. We propose a novel architecture for generic Distributed Computing Infrastructures (DCI) that can be instantiated on demand to be, at the same time, flexible and highlyscalable. Bringing the scalability from voluntary computing, the flexibility from grid computing and the elasticity from cloud computing in a single arrangement, our proposal allows for fast setup, fast initialization and fast dismantle of customized DCI supported by both dedicated and shared underlying infrastructures. Our approach leverages broadcast communica...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: SC
• Authors: Rostand Costa, Francisco V. Brasileiro, Guido Lemos de Souza Filho, Dênio Mariz Sousa
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Distributed Computing, SC 2009, Voluntary Computing, Voluntary Computing Systems