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HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Metascheduling: A Scheduling Model for Metacomputing Systems
Abstract Metacomputing is the seamless application of geographically-separated distributed computing resources to user applications. We consider the scheduling of metaapplications;...
Jon B. Weissman
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
WebOS: Operating System Services for Wide Area Applications
In this paper, we argue for the power of providing a common set of OS services to wide area applications, including mechanisms for resource discovery, a global namespace, remote p...
Amin Vahdat, Thomas E. Anderson, Michael Dahlin, E...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
The NetLogger Methodology for High Performance Distributed Systems Performance Analysis
We describe a methodology that enables the real-time diagnosis of performance problems in complex high-performance distributed systems. The methodology includes tools for generati...
Brian Tierney, William E. Johnston, Brian Crowley,...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
A Fault Detection Service for Wide Area Distributed Computations
The potential for faults in distributed computing systems is a significant complicating factor for application developers. While a variety of techniques exist for detecting and co...
Paul Stelling, Ian T. Foster, Carl Kesselman, Crai...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Strings: A High-Performance Distributed Shared Memory for Symmetrical Multiprocessor Clusters
This paper introduces Strings, a high performance distributed shared memory system designed for clusters of symmetrical multiprocessors (SMPs). The distinguishing feature of this ...
Sumit Roy, Vipin Chaudhary
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Autopilot: Adaptive Control of Distributed Applications
Randy L. Ribler, Jeffrey S. Vetter, Huseyin Simitc...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Matchmaking: Distributed Resource Management for High Throughput Computing
Conventional resource management systems use a system model to describe resources and a centralized scheduler to control their allocation. We argue that this paradigm does not ada...
Rajesh Raman, Miron Livny, Marvin H. Solomon
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Distant I/O: One-Sided Access to Secondary Storage on Remote Processors
We propose a new parallel, noncollective I/O strategy called Distant I/O that targets clustered computer systems in which disks are attached to compute nodes. Distant I/O allows o...
Jarek Nieplocha, Ian T. Foster, Holger Dachsel
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Extending Metasystem Functionality Using Reflection
To support a vast set of user requirements, flexibility and extensibility are essential features of a metasystem architecture. We present an execution model, the Reflective Graph ...
Anh Nguyen-Tuong, Steve J. Chapin, Andrew S. Grims...