Dynamic Function Placement for Data-Intensive Cluster Computing

Optimally partitioning application and filesystem functionality within a cluster of clients and servers is a difficult problem due to dynamic variations in application behavior, resource availability, and workload mixes. This paper presents ABACUS, a run-time system that monitors and dynamically changes function placement for applications that manipulate large data sets. Several examples of data-intensive workloads are used to show the importance of proper function placement and its dependence on dynamic run-time characteristics, with performance differences frequently reaching 2

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: USENIX
• Authors: Khalil Amiri, David Petrou, Gregory R. Ganger, Garth A. Gibson
• Keywords: Dynamic Run-time Characteristics, Function Placement, Operating System, Run-time, USENIX 2000